Seiko UK Ltd v Astley, Court of Appeal - Nominet UK Dispute Resolution Service, February 07, 2006, [2006] DRS 3214

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Seiko UK Ltd v Astley, Court of Appeal - Nominet UK Dispute Resolution Service, February 07, 2006, [2006] DRS 3214

Nominet UK Dispute Resolution Service

DRS Complaint No 03214

Decision of Independent Expert

1. Parties

Complainant: Seiko U.K. Limited

Country: GB

Respondent: Paul Astley

2. Domain Name

seikowatches.co.uk

3. Procedural Background

The Complaint was received in full by Nominet on 13 December 2005. The Complaint was validated by Nominet and sent to the Respondent on that date. Nominet informed the Respondent that it had 15 working days, i.e. until 6 January 2005, to respond to the Complaint.

By 10 January 2005, no formal Response having been received from the Respondent, Nominet wrote to the Complainant's representative confirming that no Response had been filed and invited the Complainant to request an Expert Decision.

The Complainant paid the fee within the relevant time limit and the matter was duly referred to me, Simon Chapman, (``the Expert'') for an Expert Decision, following confirmation to Nominet that I knew of no reason why I could not properly accept the invitation to act in this case and of no matters which ought to be drawn to the attention of the parties which might appear to call into question my...

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