Desciclopédia.com appears to be a blatant infringement of trademarked name desciclopédia.org, whois gives:
Domain Name: xn--desciclopdia-jeb.com Registered at http://www.dynadot.com Registrant: Domain Name Owners 848 North Rainbow Blvd. #1220 Las Vegas, NV 89107 United States [email protected] +1 206-888-6961
The relevant trademark registrations for Desciclopédia (and its English-language equivalent) are:
Canadian Intellectual Property Office http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/tmSrch.do?lang=eng
APPLICATION NUMBER: 1367493 STATUS: ADVERTISED FILED:2007-10-11 FORMALIZED: 2007-11-05 ADVERTISED:2009-07-22 TRADE-MARK: Desciclopédia SERVICES: (1) Providing access to a computer database and/or bulletin board in the fields of adult education. (2) Providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network. CLAIMS: Used in CANADA since February 08, 2006.
APPLICATION NUMBER:1312640 REGISTRATION NUMBER:TMA721068 STATUS:REGISTERED FILED:2006-08-03 FORMALIZED:2006-08-23 ADVERTISED:2007-10-24 REGISTERED:2008-08-15 TRADE-MARK: Uncyclopedia SERVICES: (1) Internet publishing and webhosting. CLAIMS: Used in CANADA since January 23, 2006.
Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial http://servicosonline.inpi.pt/pesquisas/main/marcas.jsp
Data de Apresentação 22-08-2007 Data do Pedido 22-08-2007 Modalidade NÃO APLICÁVEL A ESTA MODALIDADE Fase Actual REGISTO CONCEDIDO Início da Fase 02-05-2008 Situação de Taxas CADUCIDADE FPT PUBLICADA Início da Situação 12-05-2009 Fim Previsto 12-11-2009 BPI 1ª Publicação 10-10-2007 Data do Despacho 18-04-2008 BPI do Despacho 02-05-2008 Início de Vigência 18-04-2008 Titulares JOSÉ PEDRO ANDRADE DIAS Classificação de Nice 41
Another infringement of the "desciclopedia.org" name was the subject of a UDRP case at ADNDRC Hong Kong (7 de agosto, 2008) where the trademarks were held to be valid:
I've looked into this a little further and it appears that, while the telephone number listed is in a Seattle area code, the postal address is a maildrop at http://www.maillinkplus.com in Las Vegas, Nevada. Most odd. Under the circumstances, I probably should check with legal counsel before commenting further on this matter?