UDRP Papa Gyros vs. Pappa Gyros: Two Greek-American restaurants fight via the UDRP process

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It’s the ancient battle of Papa Gyros (yee-ros) vs. Pappa Gyros; an Ohio restaurant serving Greek style food against a Texan restaurant competing in the same diluted field of alleged Greek food.

The feud over the domain PappaGyros.com took place via the UDRP process at the WIPO, as the Complainant operates since 2006 via their PapaGyros.com brand and domain name.

The Respondent in this case alleged that their “Pappa” part means “daddy” while that of the Complainant’s is a reference to “pope.” To be accurate, the Greek prefix “Papa” (Πάπα) references a priest and not the Pope...

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