Copyright, Intellectual property rights etc

[Lynnzer]

I'm carrying the cudgel here on behalf of a friend.
His company is called J Bees Millinery and he has a website at the same name as a .com address.
www.jbeesmillinery.com

I have found another website with exactly the same name but with a .co.uk ending that points directly to one of his competitors.
www.jbeesmillinery.co.uk

When you land on the .co.uk site it immediately transfers to the owners domain of Nigel Rayment who is a well known milliner himself.

What's the legality of this?
It's obvious that J Bees Millinery is a victim of an undisputed attempt to gain from someone else's name but as far as I can tell there's no copyright of the name, nor any trademark.

Just seems so diabolical to do this as openly as it's been done.

[Amethyst]

Re: Copyright, Intellectual property rights etc

The name is a trademark - regardless of whether it is registered with the IPO. Therefore it is an infringment of the trademark JBeesMillinery - it isn't just a domain name it is the name of the business

The .com address was purchased in 2013, the business has been known as J Bees Milinery since 2008 - that's a trademark.

The .co.uk wasn't purchased until 2015 and is purely an attempt to fwd mistypes of the domain to a competitor. Have a read https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en to begin with ref code of conduct and dispute resolution.

Has any discussion been had between JBees and Nigel Rayment regarding the domain ? You may be able to sort it out with a letter and a request for him to transfer the domain to JBeesM...

In future, if you buy a .com domain.... get the .co.uk as well xx

[Amethyst]

Re: Copyright, Intellectual property rights etc

Bit of info on here in Plain English - http://www.adlexsolicitors.co.uk/dom...-trademark.htm