Data Information Service Co. Ltd. Won “pccw.cn” Domain Name Dispute in Beijing High Court

August 8, 2007
Data Information Service Co. Ltd. v Pacific Century Cyberworks / Beijing High Court of Second Instance

Facts

Data Information Service Co. Ltd., as an affiliation of Pacific Century Cyberworks, registered the initial letters PCCW of its parent company as trademark in several classes, including class 9 on the goods of “computers” and class 38 on the services of “telecommunications” in China during 2002 and 2003. Data Information Service Co. Ltd. also registered domain names “pccw.com” and “pccw.com.cn” in 1998 and 2000 respectively. Without registration of domain name “pccw.cn” get Data Information Service Co. Ltd. involved in the dispute to Beijing High Court.

Held

Unitalen Attorneys at Law as the defense attorney of Data Information Service Co. Ltd. attended the second instance. Beijing High Court affirmed the decision of Beijing No. 1 Middle Court and Data Information Service Co. Ltd. has the exclusive rights for the domain name of “pccw.cn”.

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