Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Filing 143

Declaration of Perry Clark in Support of 134 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment re Liability for Contributory Cybersquatting as to PETRONASTOWERS.NET filed byPetroliam Nasional Berhad. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Exhibit 4, # 6 Exhibit 5, # 7 Exhibit 6, # 8 Exhibit 7, # 9 Exhibit 8, # 10 Exhibit 9, # 11 Exhibit 10, # 12 Exhibit 11, # 13 Exhibit 12, # 14 Exhibit 13, # 15 Exhibit 14, # 16 Exhibit 15, # 17 Exhibit 16, # 18 Exhibit 17, # 19 Exhibit 18, # 20 Exhibit 19, # 21 Exhibit 20, # 22 Exhibit 21, # 23 Exhibit 22, # 24 Exhibit 23, # 25 Exhibit 24, # 26 Exhibit 25, *** # 27 Exhibit 26 FILED IN ERROR. DOCUMENT LOCKED. DOCUMENT TO BE REFILED LATER. *** , # 28 Exhibit 27, # 29 Exhibit 28)(Related document(s) 134 ) (Clark, Perry) (Filed on 11/25/2011) Modified on 11/28/2011 (ewn, COURT STAFF).

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CLARK DECL. ISO REPLY ISO MTN. PART. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Case No: 09-CV-5939 PJH

Case4:10-cv-00431-PJH
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PerryR. Clark, Esq.
Law Officesof PerryR. Clark
1245Hantilton Avenue
PaloAlto, CA 94301
Telephone:[phone]
Facsimile:[phone]
perry
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@perrycarklaw.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD

UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION
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PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD,
CASENO: 09-CV-5939
PJH
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Date:April 28,2010
Plaintiff.
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Time:9:00a.m.
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vs.
Location:Courtroom3
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Third Floor
GODADDY.COM,fNC.,
Defendant.

PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD.

EMC
CASENO: 10-CV-00431

Plaintiff.
VS.

PETRONASTOWER.NET. internetdomain
an
name,
Defendant.

NOTICE OF MOTION AI\D
MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSFERRING DOMAIN NAME
PURSUAT\TTO ls U.S.C.$ 112s(D)AND
FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ENTRY OF STIPALATED ORDER REI-ATING CASES
PENDING
NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSFERRING DOMAIN NAME PTJRSUANTTO 15

u.s.c. $ 1125(D)
AND FORENTRYOFJUDGMENT
Case
Nos: 09-CV-5939 and10-CV00431
PJH
EMC

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NOTICE OF MOTION

TO ALL PARTIESAND COUNSELOF RECORD:Please
takenoticethatpursuant
to
Civil Local Rule 7-11 Plaintiff Petroliam
hereby
NasionalBerhad("Plaintiff'or "Petronas")

motion for an ordertransferringthe domainname"petronastower.net"
4 makesthis unopposed
to
pursuant l5 U.S.C.$ 1125(D)andfor entryofjudgment.
to
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STATEMENT OF RELIIEF REQUESTED

Plaintiff Petronas
requests this Court issuean orderdirectingGoDaddy.Com, to
that
Inc.

the
pursuant l5 U.S.C.$
8 transfer domainname"petronastower.net" Plaintiff Petronas
to
to
judgmentin Petronas's
furtherrequests orderentering
9 1125(D). Plaintiff Petronas
favor in
an

1 0 this action. Counselfor GoDaddyhasinformed counselfor Petronas GoDaddyis not taking
that
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anypositionwith respect this motion. On January
to
25,2010,Plaintiff Petronas
informedthe

providedGoDaddyand
t 2 registrantof the "petronastower.net"
domainof this action atthe address
by
1 3 asrequired 15U.S.C.$ 1125(D).Ex.A. Petronas previously
had
triedto contact
the
regardingthe "petronastower.net"
t 4 registrantby mail, email, and telephone
domainname.Ex. _ at

1 5 3:8-19 and26-30. Petronas not received communication
has
any
from the registrant of the
as
t 6 dateof this motion. Plaintiff Petronas unawareof any otherpersonor entity that does,or
is
t 7 would, oppose motion.
the
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III.

MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
The "petronastower.net"
domainnameshouldbe transferred Plaintiff Petronas
to
under

20 the Anticyberpiracy
sectionof the LanhamTrademark
Act, 15U.S.C.$ 1125(D),
because
there
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is no disputethat all threeof the requirements the Anticyberpiracysectionare met. First, the
of

22 domainname'opetronastower.net"
infringesPlaintiff Petronas's
federallyregistered
trademark
23 for the mark "PETRONAS." Second,
Plaintiff Petronas beenunableto find the person
has
who
24 registered "petronastower.net"
the
domainnameor obtain in personamjurisdictionover that
25 person. Third, the intemet registrar-GoDaddy-of the domainname"petronastower.net"
has
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NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSFERRING DOMAIN NAME PURSUANT TO 15

u.s.c. lr25(D)
$

AND FORENTRYOF ruDGMENT
Case
Nos: 09-CV-5939 and10-CV00431
PJH
EMC

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providedthe informationrequired 15 U.S.C.$ 1125(d)(2XDXi)
which certifiesthat this Court
by

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ProceduralPostureand RelatedCase

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A.

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Plaintiff Petronas
filed two actionsin the NorthernDistrict relatedto the

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motionto relatethe two actionson
domainnameandfiled an unopposed
"petronastower.net"

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(09-5939
PJH)wasfiled
March24,2010. Ex. B (Docket
No. 31). This actionagainst
GoDaddy

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Petronas's
GoDaddy.com
first andconcerns
allegations
that,amongotherthings,Defendant

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indirectly infringes the "PETRONAS" mark by maintainingthe registrationof the

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domainnamewith actualknowledgethat the domainnameinfringesthe
"petronastower.net"

1 0 trademarkrights of Petronas.
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filed the second
sectionof
Petronas
actionasan in rem actionunderthe Anticyberpiracy
the LanhamTrademarkAct againstthe "petronastower.net"
domainname. The relief Petronas

to
the
1 3 requested its complaintin the in rem actionis an orderdirectingGoDaddy.com transfer
in
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domainn€rme
Petronas.
"petronastower.net"

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This Court hasnot yet had an opportunity rule on Petronas's
unopposed
motion
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relatingthe two actions. If the relatedcasemotionis granted,
however,
this Court canpromptly

1 7 consider motion,which Petronas
this
makesaspart of the in rem action. If the relatedcase
1 8 motionis denied, motionwill needto be re-filedfor consideration the Judgein the in rem
this
by
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B.

6'Petronastower.net"
Shouldbe Transferredto Petronas

trademarkandthe domain
Where,as in this case,a domainnameinfringesa registered

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the
registrant
eithercannotbe located is not subject in personqmjurisdiction,
or
to

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Anticyberpiracysectionof the LanhamAct authorizes Court to orderthe domainname
a

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registrar transferthe domainnameto the trademark
to
owner. See15 U.S.C.$ 1125(d)(2XAXi)

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DOMAIN NAME PURSUANTTO 15
28 NOTICEOF MOTION AND MOTION FORORDERTRANSFERzuNG
u.s.c. $ 1125(D)
AND FORENTRYOF ruDGMENT
PJH
Nos: 09-CV-5939 and10-CV00431
EMC
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and(ii).1 Because
thereis no dispute
that the requirements the Anticyberpiracy
of
sectionare

2 met in this case, Court is authorizedtoorderthe domainnameregistrarof
this
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"petronastower.net"-Q6pnddy.com-totransfer
that domainnameto Petronas, ownerof
the

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the "PETRONAS" mark.

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Infringesthe Trademark Rights of Petronas
"Petronastower.net"

Therecan be no disputethat the first requirement the transferof the
for

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domainunderthe Anticyberpiracysectionof the LanhamAct-that the
"petronastower.net"

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domainnameinfringesthe trademark
rights of Petronas-is met in this case. Specifically,
the

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Anticyberpiracysectionappliesto any domainname"that violatesany right of the owner of a

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mark registered the Patentand TrademarkOffice, or protectedundersubsection [false
in
(a)

1 l designation originlor (c) ldilution]fof 15U.S.C.$ 1125]." 15U.S.C.$ 1125(d)(2XAXi).
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Here,the "petronastower.net"
domainnameviolatesthe rightsof Petronas
with respect
to

1 3 its federallyregistered
it
"PETRONAS"markbecause infringesthat mark under 15 U.S.C.$
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1114andcreates falsedesignation originunder15U.S.C.$ 1125(a).As an initial matter,
a
of

is
1 5 Petronas the owner of the duly registered
federaltrademarkfor the mark "PETRONAS." Ex.

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D at3:23-25and l0-1 1. In addition,the "petronastower.net"
domainnameinfringesthe

l 7 "PETRONAS"markunder15 U.S.C.$ 1114because domainnameis "a usein commerce"
the
l 8 of the "PETRONAS" markthat is "likely to cause
confusion"amongconsumers to whether
as
websiteusingthe "petronastower.net"
t 9 the pornographic
domainnameis associated
with

20 Petronas-which it is not. Au-Tomotive
Gold,Inc. v. Vollcswagen America,lnc.,457 F.3d
of
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(9th Cir. 2006). Moreover,the oopetronastower.net"
1062,1075-76
domainnameviolatesthe

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underl5 U.S.C.$ 1125(a) creating "falsedesignation origin" asto the
by
a
of
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websitefoundat the "petronastower.net"
domainnamebecause sitedid not
that
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a complete
copy of the Anticyberpiracy
section(15 U.S.C.$
ll25(d)(2)(A)) is attached Ex. C atL of 7.
as

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u.s.c. 1125(D)
$
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ENTRY ruDGMENT
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and, in fact, Petronas
1 "originate" with Petronas
stronglyobjectsto the site and its useof
(9thCir.
F.2d 1194,1201
2 "PETRONAS."New West
Corp.v. N.Y.M.Co.of California,595
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of
1979)("Whetherwe call the violationinfringement,
unfair competition, falsedesignation
or

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origin,the testis identical-is therea likelihoodof confusion?").

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domain
for
Accordingly, the first requirement the transferof the "petronastower.net"

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that
nameto Petronas
underthe Anticyberpiracysectionof the Lanhamis met because domain

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nameinfringesthe trademarkrights of Petronas.

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Is
The Registrantof s6Petronastower.net"Unknown

for
to
underthe
The secondrequirement the transferof "petronastower.net" Petronas

1 0 Anticyberpiracysectionis met because
Petronas
could not locate-despite due diligence-the
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registrantof the domainnamenor could this Court obtain in personamjurisdictionover the

t 2 registrant. Where,ashere,the owner of a mark cannot"obtain in personamjurisdiction" or "was
l 3 not ableto frnd" the personwho registered infringing domainnamewith the "bad faith intent"
an
for
t 4 to profit from the useof the domainname,the secondrequirement the transferof the domain

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section met. See15 U.S.C.$ 1125(d)(2)(A)(ii).
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domainnamewas
Here,according GoDaddy'srecords, "petronastower.net"
to
the

London,
is
l 7 registered "Heiko Schonenekess"
by
whoseaddress "BPM 195226,372Old Street,

l 8 EclV 9AU, United Kingdom." Ex. A andE (detailingeffortsto contactregistrant).The internet
t 9 registrantalso providedan email address:
"ddjrivat@hotmaiLcom." Although Plaintiff
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tried repeatedly locateand contactthe registrant,including by FederalExpress,
to
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the
of
it
email,andtelephone, wasunableto do so. Id. Because registrant the

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domaincould not be locatedor subjected in personamjurisdiction,the
to
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second
requirement the Anticyberpiracy
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has
section beenmet with respect the
to

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'opetronastower.net"
domain narrre.2

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GoDaddyCertifiesThis Court's Authority to Transfer the
ttpetronastower.nettt
Domain Name

and,
GoDaddyis the registrarof the domainname"petronastower.net" as required the
by
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Anitcyberpiracysection,hasprovidedcertificationthat this Court hasthe "control and authority"
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to transfer "petronastower.net"
the
domainnameto Petronas.Specifically,15 U.S.C.$
II25(d)(2XDXD providesthat, uponthe filing of an Anticyberpiracyaction,"the domainname

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registrar. . . shall expeditiously
depositwith the courtdocuments
the
sufficientto establish
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court'scontroland authorityregarding disposition the registration useof the domain
the
and
of
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nameto the court." GoDaddyprovidedthis informationto Petronas it is beingfiled along
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with this motion. Ex. F. As a result,all of the requirements an orderdirectingGoDaddyto
for
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transferthe "petronastower.net"
domainnameto Petronas
underthe Anticyberpiracysection
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havebeenmet.
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Entry of Judgment

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In this action,Plaintiff Petronas
seeksan ordertransferringthe "petronastower.net"

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relief to
domainname. Upon the issuance suchan order,the Courtwill havegranted
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complete

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Petronas entryofjudgment will be properunderFed.R. Civ. P. 54. Accordingly,Plaintiff
and

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requests
that in additionto an ordertransferringthe "petronastower.net"
domainname,
l 9 the Court alsoissuefinal judgmentin favor of Petronas.
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CONCLUSION

For the foregoingreasons,
Plaintiff Petronas
respectfully
requests orderdirecting
an

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to
domainnameto Petronas the entry of
and
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Sectionll25(d)(2)(Axiix[Xbb) refersto
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of
in additionto providingnoticeat
mail andemail
addresses the registrant.This publication
of
requirement
doesnot applyto the present
case
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jurisdictioncannotbe
the
is
nameresistrant.
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judgmentin favor of Petronas. proposed
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Dated: March 25-2010

LAW OFFICESOF PERRYR. CLARK

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PerryR. Clark

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