dauction - 7:56 pm on Oct 23, 2006 (gmt 0)

Exactly Hutch..!

3.6 Can statements made in settlement discussions be relevant to showing bad faith?

Consensus view: Evidence of offers to sell the domain name in settlement discussions is admissible under the UDRP, and is often used to show bad faith. This is because many cybersquatters often wait until a trademark owner launches a complaint before asking for payment and because panels are competent to decide whether settlement discussions represent a good faith effort to compromise or a bad faith effort to extort. Also the legal criteria for showing bad faith directly specifies that an offer for sale can be evidence of bad faith

I would suggest everyone just for the sake of refreshing ourselves with WIPO procedures and how they make decisions to read..

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