engadget.ca ordered transferred
A complaint by AOL Canada has resulted in the transfer of engadget.ca from a cybersquatter, according to the decision of a panel under the CDRP. Engadget.com is a popular consumer electronics blog.
AOL did not have any registered Canadian trade-marks, so the case was decided on the basis of its common law marks in Canada.
Interestingly, the panel refused to transfer the other domain names at issue, luxist.ca and weblogsinc.ca. The panel found that there was insufficient evidence of reputation or use in Canada of these marks, as required by the authorities, pre-dating the domain names (registered in February 2005).
