Legal Opinion
DIRECT Niche, LLC v. Via Varejo S/A
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 2018No. 17-13937PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, District Judge:
Appellant Direct Niche, LLC initiated this case against Appellee Via Varejo S/A under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1114 (2)(D)(v), seeking to obtain a declaratory judgment that its registration and use of the domain name casasbahia.com is not unlawful under the ACPA. Via Varejo maintained that Direct Niche is not entitled to the requested relief because Direct Niche registered the casasbahia.com domain with a bad faith intent to profit from Via Varejo's common law service mark, Casas Bahia. After a four-day bench trial, the United…
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