WAL-MART registered domain name Chinese recapture Nanjing company was sentenced to infringement

Global retail giant WAL-MART Chinese trademark has been registered the domain name of a Nanjing technology company. Yesterday, the reporter from the Beijing WAL-MART company was informed that the network domain name dispute case end won by WAL-MART, unfair competition Beijing high court judgment cybersquatting in Nanjing science and Technology Development Co. Ltd. "". According to WAL-MART Beijing company responsible person, the Wal-Mart Store Inc in 2004 that "WAL-MART. China", "WAL-MART," WAL-MART China. ".cn" and "WAL-MART.Cn" four domain name in July 24, 2003 by the Nanjing Railway Technology Development Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Nanjing Railway") registered. If you enter "WAL-MART.Cn" in the IE address bar, you will enter the commercial website of Nanjing railway. The other three domain names in the registration does not actually use, in the IE address bar, respectively, enter "WAL-MART China", "WAL-MART, China", "WAL-MART.Cn", are "unable to display the page" page. In the case of the four domain names were registered, Wal-Mart Store Inc in August 2004 to the Hongkong International Arbitration Center on 25 complaints. In the domain name complaint handling procedures, Nanjing railway to the Beijing first intermediate people's court proceedings, requesting the court to confirm the registration of the use of the domain name legal. According to the Nanjing railway prosecution, Wal-Mart Store Inc also filed a counterclaim, the four names asked the court to stop the infringement and the dead in Nanjing cancellation of its registration.

A court in Beijing on June 17, 2005 to make a judgment, that Wal-Mart Store Inc enjoy legitimate and effective civil rights and interests of WAL-MART, Nanjing in the registration and use of the domain name, in violation of the principle of honesty and credit, constituted unfair competition. The Nanjing iron refused to accept the verdict, the Beijing Higher People's Court (Beijing High Court) appeal. Beijing high court to make a final judgment: dismissed the appeal of Nanjing railway, upheld the original verdict.