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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:

https://www.adndrc.org/icann/iPubdecision.nsf/f047c3e4e8d7221c48256ab000287ab0/034cd1cf5e292fbd4825749e003d5d7b?OpenDocument

you canadians :-)

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?

If you believe that a domain is infringing on your Trademark, you will need to file a complaint with a UDRP arbitration board:

http://www.dynadot.com/icann_dispute.html