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<legodeathstar.co.uk>, <legominifigures.co.uk>, <legostarwarsships.co.uk> and <starwarslegosets.co.uk>
appointed would not be able to produce the requisite decision, a replacement was found in the person of Tony Willoughby who duly filed with Nominet a signed declaration of impartiality and independence in the prescribed form.
The Complainant is the proprietor of the internationally well-known LEGO brand. It is the proprietor of a large number of trade mark and service mark registrations featuring the LEGO mark including by way of example UK registration no. 1283286 dated 1 October 1986 in classes 35, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 for a wide variety of services.
Since 1999 the Complainant has been licensed by LucasFilm Limited to incorporate within its LEGO range of products a Star Wars range. The range includes a LEGO Death Star and LEGO Star Wars Mini Figures.
On 8 October, 2009, the Complainant's agent wrote to the Respondent drawing the Respondent's attention to the Complainant's rights and seeking transfer of the first three of the Domain Names listed above in return for payment of the Respondent's out-of-pocket registration expenses. At that stage the Complainant was unaware of the existence of the fourth Domain Name (i.e. <starwarslegosets.co.uk>).
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