WIPO D2016-2310 · 2017
Fédération Internationale de Football Association ('FIFA') v. Whois Privacy Shield Services / Winsum Wong
Transferredfifa.net
In Fédération Internationale de Football Association ('FIFA') v. Whois Privacy Shield Services / Winsum Wong, D2016-2310 (WIPO, 2017), the panel transferred fifa.net, registered in July 2014 and never used. The registrant had lost 3 earlier UDRP cases, and in those circumstances the use of a privacy service counted towards bad faith.
The parties
- Complainant
- Fédération Internationale de Football Association ('FIFA')
- Respondent
- Whois Privacy Shield Services / Winsum Wong
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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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