The World Intellectual Property Organization accepted the Maison's arguments, ordering in a single procedure the consolidation and transfer of more than 30 domain names registered by different parties to the trade mark. Furla is assisted by LCA Studio Legale, with Gianluca De Cristofaro and Matteo Di Lernia. Lisa Crociani, in-house IP and Legal counsel of the Maison, followed the matter.
Posté le 23 avr. 2024
LCA Studio Legale, with Gianluca De Cristofaro and Matteo Di Lernia, successfully assisted the brand Furla in a reassignment proceeding before the World Intellectual Property Organization obtaining - in a single proceeding - the transfer to the Maison of more than 30 domain names containing the trademark "Furla" registered by 9 different owners.
WIPO, accepting Furla's argument, recognised that although the domain names had been registered by different parties, the Registrars (i.e. internet service providers that manage domain names for the holders/registrants) were not corresponding and the structures of the Internet sites to which the domain names 'pointed' were only partially coincident, and the domain names were subject to 'common control', providing for so-called consolidation.
Once the WIPO ordered the consolidation of the domain names, it considered that the domain names containing the Furla trademark had been registered and were being used in bad faith, tracing the activities of the holders of the disputed domain names to the phenomenon of cybersquatting.
Technical support in the collection and identification of evidence of the "common control" of the disputed domain names was provided by the company Digital Content Protection (DcP) with the Content & Brand Protection team of Marco Signorelli.
For Furla S.p.A., Lisa Crociani, in-house IP and Legal counsel of the Maison, followed the matter.
