INDRP Domain Name Dispute Cases

Recruitment Genius Ltd. vs. Domain Admin Love Nahar ASAP Group of Companies

INDRP Dispute Case no: INDRP/450

Date of award: 04 January 2013

Disputed Domain: recruitmentgenius.co.in

Complainant: Recruitment Genius Ltd., United Kingdom

Respondent: Domain Admin Love Nahar ASAP Group of Companies, India

Ex parte / Contested: Ex parte

Facts of the case:

The complainant is UK’s largest online recruitment company which helps people find jobs online. The trademark RECRUITMENT GENIUS was adopted in the year 2009 and is registered in the UK. The complianant has a widespread business activity and is trading with several Indian companies such as Aditi Technologies, Clarion Technoogies and Snovaspace. The respondent registered the disputed domain in 2012 by copying the trademark, verbatim and literature from the complainant’s registered website domain recruitmentgenius.com.

Findings & Award:

Disputed domain name identical and confusingly similar to trademark of complainant;

Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest;

Respondent registered the disputed domain name in bad faith;

The respondent is rendering identical services as that of the complainant and therefore must be aware of the complainant’s trademark and domain while registering the disputed domain name;

It was ordered that the disputed domain name be transferred in favour of the complainant.

 Arbitration Award: Download

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