WIPO D2000-0210 · 2000
Julia Fiona Roberts v. Russell Boyd
Transferredjuliaroberts.com
In Julia Fiona Roberts v. Russell Boyd, D2000-0210 (WIPO, 2000), the panel held that the UDRP does not require a registered trademark: someone with enough public recognition can hold common law rights in their own name, sufficient to bring a complaint over a domain that uses it. The domain was ordered transferred.
The parties
- Complainant
- Julia Fiona Roberts
- Respondent
- Russell Boyd
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Summarised by Gergana Dimitrova, who worked at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center from 2018 to 2021 and sits as a domain name panelist at the Czech Arbitration Court. Full background.
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