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21 January 2025

Renault Vs. Cybersquatting: Protecting Brand Integrity Online

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KBZ Zuradzki Barczyk & Partners Advocates and Attorneys-at-law LP

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KBZ Żuradzka & Wspólnicy Adwokaci i Radcy Prawni Sp. K. has been active since 1991. Until 1999, the legal name of the firm was Biuro Obsługi Prawnej „IUS” S.C. It was a partnership of two legal professional (legal counsel and an advocate). It was later converted into a limited partnership (B. Żuradzka Kancelaria Prawna Sp.K.). Since July 2011, the firm has been operating under its present name. The firm’s founder and mentor is Barbara Żuradzka, a lawyer and a winner of the Golden Skills and Competence Laurel Award from the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice, Poland.

Since 2004, we have been a Polish member of the international Association of Independent European Lawyers (www.aiel.com). This London-based organisation was founded in 1991 and currently has a membership of 30 law firms based in Europe and worldwide, all of them employing a few hundred lawyers in total. This allows us to offer a competitively-priced and efficiently-delivered array of legal services, such as company

Have you ever heard of cybersquatting? This is the practice of registering Internet domains using...
Poland Intellectual Property

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Have you ever heard of cybersquatting?

This is the practice of registering Internet domains using well-known brands in order to resell them at an inflated price to legitimate parties in particular.

Renault Group, the owner of a number of trademarks and domain name registrations based on the trading name 'Renault', has also had to deal with this practice.

After Terry Brown of Hockley registered the domain name renaultkeycards.co.uk to repair and programme cards for Renault cars, the parties got into a dispute.

The dispute was settled by Nominet, which oversees .uk domains – as it said there was a "real and tangible risk" that the public might think the site was officially linked to Renault.

In addition, Nominet adjudicator also stated that the domain name "unfairly used" Renault's brand value, and also ordered that the domain be transferred to Renault.

So remember to keep an eye on your brand infringements!

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