Complainant, Rediff.com India Ltd. of Mumbai, India, filed its Complaint on March 6, 2010. Although WIPO found that this Complaint was deficient, they accepted an amended Complaint on March 16.
The parties attempted to reach a settlement agreement but this did not materialize and proceedings against Respondent, Daniyal Waseem of Quetta, Pakistan, commenced on April 21.
Waseem failed to provide any Response (due on May 11), so the WIPO Center’s sole arbitrator in this case notified Waseem of his default on May 18 and continued with the arbitration proceeding.
The lone WIPO panelist found that Rediff.com India Ltd. provided sufficient proof of its rights to the REDIFF trade-mark, that the trademark has been registered in several jurisdictions, and that Complainant provided evidence of ‘substantial and reasonably long use’ of the trademark.
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