Bakers Delight Censorship Attempt Denied

MELBOURNE, Australia (Blue MauMau) - In an attempt to gain control of the Bakersdelightlies.com website, Bakers Delight laid a complaint on January 2, 2008 with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), seeking an order that the domain name be transferred to Bakers Delight control.

The WIPO has investigated the Bakers Delight complaint and returned its decision in favour of the respondent.

In summary the WIPO found that “the website does not have any commercial content, and is apparently dedicated to genuine criticism, with relevant non‑commercial links. There is nothing before the Panel to establish that the Respondent is making any commercial gain, from visitors or advertising or otherwise, and is apparently not attempting to divert users looking for the Complainant’s site. “

Accordingly, the Panel found that “the Respondent has on the face of it a legitimate interest in respect of the disputed domain name.”

A full copy of the Bakers Delight complaint and the subsequent WIPO decision is able to be downloaded from www.bakersdelightlies.com

Note: Bakers Delight is the world’s largest bakery franchise, operating in Australia and New Zealand as Bakers Delight and trading under the name of COBS Bread in Canada and the United States.