Air France Win WIPO Case

One of the more recently reported WIPO UDRP cases that caught my attention was in relation to airfrance-suck.com

The decision, which went against the registrant, makes for some interesting reading.

The salient points being:

  • The “suck” suffix can be a legitimate defence
  • A lot of “suck” or “sucks” related WIPO cases end up being ruled in favour of the trademark holder
  • If you’re going to register a “brandnamesucks.com” type domain you need to actually use it

You can read the full decision on the WIPO site

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade. He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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