Jim Bikoff and Holly Lance successfully
defended client Michael Mann, the president of Domain Asset
Holdings, LLC (DAH), in a UDRP action involving the domain name Dollarcity.com. The proceeding was instituted
by El Salvadoran company Centroamerica Comercial Sociedad Anonima
de Capital Variable (CAMCO), which operates a chain of "Dollar
City" discount stores in El Salvador and Guatemala, with plans
to expand in Central and South America.
DAH, a premium domain name reseller, had acquired the Dollarcity.com domain name in 2007, several
years before CAMCO's first trademark registration. While the
Panel found that Dollarcity.com was confusingly similar to
CAMCO's "Dollar City" trademark, CAMCO failed to
prove that DAH lacked rights or legitimate interests with respect
to the disputed domain name. To the contrary, the Panel found that
DAH's offering of the Dollarcity.com domain name for sale as part of
its general business activities provided DAH with a legitimate
interest.
