No UDRP Remedy For Failure To Renew

International - Hogan Lovells

• The complainant, which owned several TITONI marks, sought the transfer of 'titoni.com' under the UDRP; the domain name had lapsed in 2018 due to the complainant's failure to renew it
• The panel found that the complainant had not established that the respondent had registered the
• domain name in order to sell it to the complainant
• The UDRP was not primarily designed to make up for the mistakes of complainants

In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a three-member panel has refused to transfer the disputed domain name 'titoni.com', 􀂦nding that the complainant had failed to prove that the domain name had been registered in bad faith.