CDRP Kay.ca - Decision = Dismissed (5.Viewing)

theinvestor · Aug 25, 2022

This case is intriguing to me.

https://dnattorney.com/Kay-ca-decision.pdf

What do you guys think?

MapleDots · Aug 25, 2022

Damn right, now who pays the legal costs?

Imagine all the 3 and 4 letters we own and everyone decides to file.
The doamainer could go broke in legal costs.

You file a dispute and you lose you should be responsible for both legal bills.

Great job

@Zak

Now imagine if everyone called Pure whatever decided to go after my pure.ca

How many companies have names or products with the name pure something?
They want to shorten their name then they have to pay up. You want a Mercedes, you have to pay for it.

Nafti · Aug 25, 2022

I didn’t read the details of the decision but I did notice that the complaint is American and the owner of Kay.ca is from Lebanon.

I have 2 questions:

1. How can he own Kay.ca when his address is in Lebanon?

2. What legal grounds does an American based company have going after a generic .ca?

theinvestor · Aug 25, 2022

That’s a very good question Nafti.

I guess you can be a Canadian Citizen and live outside of Canada.

https://static.cira.ca/cdrp/whatsapp.ca_.pdf?VersionId=KQIVfPx6rg4e0bZgAT.TQGQA0KB1y2uO

In this case here, they even changed addresses.

Nafti · Aug 25, 2022

theinvestor said:
I guess you can be a Canadian Citizen and live outside of Canada.

Yes, of course. But if it was me who was the respondent, I would want to make sure I use a Canadian address. Even if I lived in a different company.

Side note, I now have the “Every kiss begins with Kay” buzzing in my head now.

rlm · Aug 26, 2022

theinvestor said:
This case is intriguing to me.

https://dnattorney.com/Kay-ca-decision.pdf

What do you guys think?

Looks like you already found it, lol.

So, this case seems pretty straight forward to me. What aspect of it is intriguing?

rlm · Aug 26, 2022