retired_member11

No I don't think they could claim the domain so long as you don't use it in a way that infringes their registered class of goods and services.

texidriver

3. Evidence of Abusive Registration

B. as a blocking registration against a name or mark in which the Complainant has Rights;

I never understood this, if you regg ???.co.uk, the complainant could still choose another TLD or ccTLD and if they have the ???.com/net what have you blocked? What happened to first come/ first served?

4. How the Respondent may demonstrate in its response that the Domain Name is not an Abusive Registration

C. made legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the Domain Name;

If you park it on Sedo and make money, even if it's ???.co.uk and the ad's are for !!! that's commercial, and there is no definition of "fair use"

http://www.nic.uk/disputes/drs/policy/

domaingenius

OK so what if the domain registrant uses the domain, at all, on the internet and the TM holder of that name has it registered in a Class that includes downloading material from the internet, and or operating a website ?

DG

olebean

DG

Fair use: "use of functioning processes"

By definition, that could mean that sole use of email, utilises processes.