Administradora de Marcas RD, S. de R.L. de C.V. (hereinafter “Complainant”) is a Mexican company which owns several trademarks and domain names worldwide, including the registered trademark TELCEL®. These marks are mainly used in the fields of telecommunication and entertainment services, mainly in Mexico. The Complainant is a wholly owned subsidiary of America Móvil, S.A.B de C.V. (“AMX”), which the Complainant claims is the leading provider of integrated telecommunications services in Latin America and offering communications solutions in 25 countries in America and Europe. Furthermore, the Complainant claims that as of June 30th, 2016, AMX had 364.5 million access lines, including 282.9 million wireless subscribers, 33.7 million landlines, 26 million broadband accesses and 22 million PayTV units.
The Complainant also states that is the owner of the trademarks and domain names TELCEL in several countries, including Mexico under which AMX operates there (please see <www.telcel.com>). According to the Complainant, TELCEL was founded in 1989 and is the leading provider of wireless communications services in Mexico, covering around 90% of Mexico's population.
Regarding the trademark registrations for TELCEL, the Complainant claims that it owns several registrations, including in Mexico, where the Respondent resides, for example the Mexican trademark registration 879826 for TELCEL at class 38, the Mexican trademark registration 677446 for TELCEL.COM at class 38, the Mexican trademark registration 43262 for YO SOY TELCEL at class 38. Please see below an overview offered by the Complainant on its trademark registrations.
Overview of some of Complainant’s trademark registrations:
i) TELCEL (word mark), Mexican trademark registration no. 879826, class 38, date of registration 28.04.2005;
ii) TELCEL.COM (Word mark), Mexican trademark registration no. 677446, class 38, date of registration 31.10.2000;
iii) YO SOY TELCEL (Word mark), Mexican trademark registration no. 43262, class 38, date of registration 25.07.2007;
iv) TELCEL (word mark), New Zealand trademark registration no. 777301, class 38, date of registration 10.04.2008;
v) TELCEL (word mark), Japanese trademark registration no. 5186040, class 38, date of registration 05.12.2008;
vi) TELCEL (device), U.S. trademark registration no. 86545847; class 38, date of registration 03.05.2016;
vii) TELCEL (device), EUIPO trademark registration no. 004384921, classes 9, 16, 25, 35, 38 & 41 date of registration 02.05.2006;
viii) TELCEL (device), Danish trademark registration no. VR 2014 01966, classes 9, 16, 35, 38 & 41 date of registration 11.09.2014.
The Complainant claims that it has been established in previous decisions that TELCEL is considered a well-known trademark, see for example WIPO Case No. D2008-1397 Administradora de Marcas, RD, S. de R.L. De C.V. Radiomóvil Dipsa S.A. De C.V. v. Jordan Smith concerning the domain name <telcel.net>, case No. D2008-1555 Administradora de Marcas, RD, S. de R.L. De C.V. Radiomóvil Dipsa S.A. De S.V. v. Francisco Ito, El Mesero Express / NELTELCEL.COM concerning the domain name <neltelcel.com>, case No. DES2015-0034 Administradora de Marcas RD, S. de R.L. de C.V. v. Muñoz Milén concerning the domain name <telcell.es>.
Additionally, the Complainant states that it has also registered a number of domain names under generic Top-Level Domains ("gTLD") and country-code Top-Level Domains ("ccTLD") containing the term TELCEL, see for example <www.telcel.com> (registered in May 23rd, 1996), <www.telcel.net> (registered in December 16th, 1997) and <www.telcel.com.mx> (registered in June 04th, 2004). Complainant is using the domain names to connect to a website through which it informs potential customers about its trademarks and its products and services.
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