RWS to sue local travel firm over trademark
infringement
Resorts World at Sentosa, along with its affiliated company -
Genting International Management - is taking a travel firm to court
over trademark infringement.
The firm providing services such as limousine pick-up and
sight-seeing packages is registered as ResortWorldSentosa and goes
by www.resortworld.com.sg on the internet.
Meanwhile, the integrated resort is registered as Resorts World
at Sentosa and has a domain name on the internet as
www.rwsentosa.com.
Court papers filed in the High Court showed that the two plaintiffs
said the words "Resorts World" and its accompanying logos such as
the red symbol was first used by them in 2007.
Through widespread advertising, they have acquired "substantive
goodwill and reputation".
Hence, the trademarks used in relation to the similar services
provided by the travel company have given rise to "a likelihood of
confusion", they claimed.
Seeking an injunction against the use of their registered
trademarks, the integrated resort further contend that services
offered by the travel company such as "RWS Suite" or "RWS
Corporate" packages are similar to those offered under their
trademarks.
RWS and Genting International Management are also alleging that the
travel company has attempted to pass off their services as those of
RWS.
The travel firm’s Internet domain name would also lead the public
to associate its services with them, the plaintiffs
said.
Owned by a 50-year-old Singaporean, ResortWorldSentosa was first
incorporated in November last year and its Internet domain name was
up a month later.
The owner of ResortWorldSentosa who has yet to file a defence told
MediaCorp he stands by his company’s name and will wait for the
plaintiffs to commence their next course of action before he
decides what to do.
RWS and Genting International Management first filed their writ of
summons in September, after failing to get him to comply with their
request to stop using their registered trademarks and his lack of
response to their lawyers’ letters, they claimed.
RWS says it’s seeking at least $250,000 in damages and costs - the
minimum amount for a High Court case.
-- 938Live