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Sanrio Company, Ltd. & Sanrio, Inc. v. Neric Lau

Companion decision to the pochacco.com case, same panelist and date.

Sanrio Company, Ltd. and Sanrio, Inc.,
Plaintiff,
v.
Neric Lau,
Defendant.
Docket No.WIPO Case No. D2000-0172
CourtWIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Filed2000
StatusDecided

The record

Court
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Jurisdiction
UDRP
Docket No.
WIPO Case No. D2000-0172
Filed
2000
Resolved
2000
Sanrio’s role
Plaintiff
Type
Domain (UDRP)
Claims
UDRP — confusingly similar; bad faith
Counsel — plaintiff/petitioner
not public
Counsel — Sanrio side
not public

What happened

Companion decision to the pochacco.com case, same panelist and date.

Outcome

Domain <sanriosurprises.com> transferred to Sanrio (20 April 2000, panelist Jeffrey M. Samuels).

The legal nuance

Routine cybersquatting transfer.

Sources of record

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