WIPO D2003-0455 · 2003
Croatia Airlines d.d. v. Modern Empire Internet Ltd.
Transferredcroatiaairlines.com
In Croatia Airlines d.d. v. Modern Empire Internet Ltd., D2003-0455 (WIPO, 2003), the panel set out how a complainant makes out a prima facie case on the second element, rights or legitimate interests, after which the burden of proof shifts to the registrant to rebut it. The domain was ordered transferred.
The parties
- Complainant
- Croatia Airlines d.d.
- Respondent
- Modern Empire Internet Ltd.
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Summarised by Gergana Dimitrova, who worked at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center from 2018 to 2021 and sits as a domain name panelist at the Czech Arbitration Court. Full background.
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