Red Lion Hotels Corporation v. Damir Kruzicevic, an individual residing in Croatia
Sep 21, 2006OUTCOME: For Red Lion, Celebrated by WIPO as 25,000th Case
The domain <redlionhotels.com> was successfully recovered by a Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) action by Steve Bertone of K&L Gates, on behalf of its client Red Lion Hotels Corporation. The W ... orld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the adjudicative body in the proceeding, ruled that the domain registration was made in bad faith and ordered that the domain be transferred from the defendant individual residing in Croatia to plaintiff Red Lion Hotels. The case was highly celebrated by WIPO as its 25,000th case, enjoying press releases: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_pr_2006_464.html
