Proving Bad Faith At Registration Time Could Be A Good 'Techtrend'

• The owner of the US trademark TECHTRENDS sought the transfer of 'techtrends.com' under the UDRP
• The panel found that the complainant had submitted no evidence that could establish how widely the mark was internationally known at the time of registration of the domain name
• The respondent could not have set out to target the complainant's then non-existent rights

In Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) v InterAd.com Inc (WIPO Case D2019-1429), a panel has refused to transfer the disputed domain name 'techtrends.com' under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, finding that the complainant had failed to prove that the domain name had been registered in bad faith.