Source: https://iplegalcorner.com/uses-and-abuses-of-privacy-services/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 02:44:51+00:00

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Use of privacy services is a merely one factor among others to be taken into consideration when assessing bad faith. On the one hand there are respectable reasons for protecting one’s privacy, but the service can also mask illicit conduct. Failure to disclose the beneficial owner may be a factor in determining bad faith, BzzAgent, Inc. v. bzzaget.com c/o Nameview Inc. Whois IDentity Shield and Vertical Axis, D2010-1187 (WIPO September 17, 2010) and BzzAgent, Inc. v. bzzaget.com c/o Nameview Inc. Whois IDentity Shield and Vertical Axis, D2010-1188 (WIPO September 17, 2010), but using a privacy service does not prima facie support a finding of “foul intent,” CyBerCorp Holdings, Inc. v. Jay Allman, FA 0403000244090 (Nat. Arb. Forum May 14, 2004).
The problem centers on use of the services that effectively delays resolution of the complaint by disguising the beneficial owner of the domain name, Divex Limited v. ZJ, Sam Chang and Tim NG., D2007-0861 (WIPO September 27, 2007). As the Divex Complainant pointed out there are many reasons for using a proxy registration service that are legitimate and consistent with good faith: 1) ease of account management and re-registration (especially where the registrant has registered a portfolio of domain names); 2) avoidance of identity theft; and 3) evasion of spam.
Their use also gives the respondent “the ability to maintain the confidentiality of a registration strategy, such as the registration of numerous domain names related to a specific industry (such as travel, or goods and services available in a specific geographic area,” iFranchise Group v. Jay Bean / MDNH, Inc. / Moniker Privacy Services , D2007-1435 (WIPO December 18, 2007). On the other hand, masking and proxy services can also be used to frustrate a trademark holder’s claim of abusive registration, TDS Telecommunications Corporation v. Registrant  Nevis Domains and Registrant  Moniker Privacy Services, D2006-1620 (WIPO March 7, 2007).

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