Rapido bike looses Rapido.com domain name
Rapido – an Indian ride hailing sevices which operates as a bike taxi aggregator recently filed a case against Recharge.com to acquire Rapido.com domain name which recharge holds and used for its business of gift cards and mobile recharge top up. The UDRP case filed by Rapido was denied and the respondent won the case. Rapido’s official website still remains as rapido.bike but since it wants to venture into food delivery like an alternative to swiggy and zomato, it did wants to grab a premium domain name rapido.com but it failed to win the case.
Why Rapido lost the UDRP?
The responsdent argued that they used Rapi-do domain name way earlier than Rapido bike was incorporated or started its bike taxi aggregator business. Also, Rapido is a generic term used to describe fast. Neither the respondent infringed upon Rapido’s tradermark and uses the rapido.com domain that forwards to recharge.com.
What does UDRP stands for?
UDRP stands for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, a mechanism developed by ICANN to resolve disputes over domain names registered under generic top-level domains (gTLDs). It provides a streamlined way to address trademark-related issues, particularly cybersquatting, where someone registers a domain name with the intent to profit from the trademark of another.