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23 Jun 2011

Author:
World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center – Administrative Panel Decision – Mr. Felipe Augusto Vicini Lluberes, Grupo Vicini, Ltd. v. Increase Web Traffic Inc- Case No. D2011-0552

…The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center…on March 25, 2011…The first Complainant is a Dominican citizen and President of the second Complainant...The disputed domain names were registered on October 3, 2010 and are used in connection with websites criticizing the Complainants and providing information on Haitian cane workers in the Dominican Republic. The websites are part of a network named “DominicanWatchdog.org”, a consumer protection website for the Dominican Republic…In the present case, the Complaint and its annexes do not contain any evidence that “Vicini Group” or “Grupo Vicini” was ever used as a mark deserving protection as a de facto mark or common law mark or established mark, i.e. as a source of goods or services, or as an identifier for goods or services…For all the foregoing reasons, the Complaint is denied…

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