Probably the last UDRP for Yoyo Email before the Holidays.
By now, one should be familiar with Yoyo Email Ltd; the British company asserts that its business model does not infringe on the brands and trademarks of others, all while using domains that conflict with that claim.
More than two dozen cases were brought against Yoyo Email Ltd in less than six months in the form of a UDRP or URS, the vast majority of which declared the respective Complainants as the “winner” of each case.
In the latest UDRP filed at the WIPO, Lloyds Bank of England naturally wanted its domain, LloydsBank.email handed over.
By now, WIPO panelists are familiar with the cookie-cutter responses by Yoyo Email Ltd. For example, citing the Respondent’s alleged free service:
“Even if Respondent’s proposed service is to be free at the point of use, Respondent clearly intends to benefit from use of the disputed domain names in some way. Thus, the commercial gain requirement is satisfied. The use of domain names that are the same as or similar to Complainants’ trade marks suggests at the very least an endorsement of, or affiliation with, Respondent’s service by Complainants”
Alexandre Nappey, sole panelist in this case, found that LloydsBank.email had been registered and used in bad faith, and ordered it transferred to the Complainant.
For the full text of the UDRP, click here.
