Evidence of targeting is essential under the UDRP

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Evidence of targeting is essential under the UDRP

04 September 2023

The complainants, which owned US trademark registrations for CRESSET, sought the transfer of ‘cresets.com’ under the UDRP. The panel was not persuaded that the respondent had registered the domain name with knowledge of, and in order to target, the complainants’ trademark. It was not persuaded that the respondent had created and used its website as a sham or pretext to cybersquat upon the complainants’ trademark.