WIPO D2000-0505 · 2000
Excelentisimo Ayuntamiento de Barcelona v. Barcelona.com Inc.
Transferredbarcelona.com
What the case decided
The panel ordered transfer of a geographic name to the city authority.
What happened afterwards
The transfer was later reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. A useful reminder that a UDRP decision is not final and can be displaced by a court.
The parties
- Complainant
- Excelentisimo Ayuntamiento de Barcelona
- Respondent
- Barcelona.com Inc.
Read the decision
The full text is published by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. We summarise it here; the decision itself is the authority.
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