Ceres
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Kotak Mahindra Bank won the domain KotakBank.com in a WIPO URDP case.
The bank owns a trademark for "Kotak" (I assume in association with banking/financial services etc). The respondent did not file a response to the complaint.
The WIPO panel stated:
In any event, using both "Kotak" and "bank" in the domain name seems to indicate that this is indeed a bad faith registration (there was no evidence showing the respondent had a legitimate interest in using the disputed domain).
The bank owns a trademark for "Kotak" (I assume in association with banking/financial services etc). The respondent did not file a response to the complaint.
The WIPO panel stated:
Isn't Kotak used as a surname in India (which is where the bank's registered office is located). Can anyone confirm this?The Complainant's trademark KOTAK appears to be a coined term, and one that has absolutely no recognizable meaning either in English or in Korean.
In any event, using both "Kotak" and "bank" in the domain name seems to indicate that this is indeed a bad faith registration (there was no evidence showing the respondent had a legitimate interest in using the disputed domain).