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Kaulins fights oki.ca CDRP and wins Good Faith decision

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TheLegendaryJP

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Ilze, I just read the decision on oki.ca, thanks to your fight it
means lots of great news for us domainers in regards to protecting acronyms and generics.

I noticed the decision omitted the lawyers involved, would love to know why that was.

Sorry for asking out loud but feel since it was a public decision all info can help us in the long run.

Thanks, JP
 

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Ilze, I just read the decision on oki.ca, thanks to your fight it
means lots of great news for us domainers in regards to protecting acronyms and generics.

I noticed the decision omitted the lawyers involved, would love to know why that was.

Sorry for asking out loud but feel since it was a public decision all info can help us in the long run.

Thanks, JP

The Complainant, OKI Electric was represented by
Paul W. Donovan
Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l.
1400 - 340 rue Albert Street
Ottawa, ON KIR 0A5



The Response was drafted by Marcel Naud of Robic, LLP
 

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Great case. They were unable to prove bad faith for the simple reason that acronyms generally cannot have an exclusive meaning.

Congratulations, Ilze! Can see that the domain name doesn't resolve to the complainant, so hopefully they'll pay up for the name soon enough.
 

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Im a bit baffled here, am I seeing that the lawyer is also a CDRP panelist!

Isnt that or was that the conflict and if it wasnt caught would they have proceeded and never removed themself or did they?
 

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Congrats on the decision! nice to see logic prevail.
 
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