International - Hogan Lovells
- NovAtel Inc, the owner of the US
trademark NOVATEL, sought the transfer of 'novatela.com'
under the UDRP
- The panel found that
'novatela' could be read as the combination of two common
words and could be applied in multiple contexts unrelated to the
complainant and its activities
- The complainant failed to demonstrate
that the respondent knew or should have known of the trademark, or
had targeted the complainant when registering the domain name
In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Policy (UDRP) before WIPO, a panel has refused to
transfer the domain name 'novatela.com', finding that the
complainant had failed to prove that the domain name had been
registered in bad faith.
