Citation[]
WAWA, Inc. v. Christensen, 1999 WL 557936, 1999 US Dist. LEXIS 11510, 44 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 589 (E.D. Pa. July 27, 1999).
Factual Background[]
WAWA sued defendant, a Danish citizen, for trademark dilution based on defendant’s use of the domain name “wawawa.com.” After defendant failed to answer, WAWA moved for a default judgment.
Trial Court Proceedings[]
The court denied the motion and conducted a hearing to determine the validity of service of process. WAWA had served the complaint on defendant by e-mail and certified mail. The court held that e-mail was not a valid form of service, but that service by certified mail was proper. The court entered a declaratory judgment that defendant’s use of the domain name “wawawa.com” violated the Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 (FTDA) and the Pennsylvania antidilution statute.
Source[]
- This page uses content from Finnegan’s Internet Trademark Case Summaries. This entry is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).