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American Automobile Association,also known as AAA,has recently been awarded the domain name AAAVisa.com. The company filed a complaint to WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center,requesting the disputed domain name,AAAVisa.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
The American Automobile Association registered the "AAA" mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.Therefore they are accusing the respondent that they have registered a domain name confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,the respondent is accused of registering and using the domain name in bad faith.
.It seems that the respondent used the disputed domain name to redirect people to websites that compete with AAA.
And AAA goes even further with the contends.They say that the respondent is gaining a lot of money from click-through fees.
"It appears clear in this case from the use made of the Domain Name that the Domain Name was registered with a view to taking advantage of “domain name parking” or “pay per click” services pages in order to generate revenue for the Respondent."
"the Respondent’s use of the name “AAA” to promote similar or identical services to the services being offered by the Complainant clearly evidences that the Respondent registered these disputed domain names with knowledge of the Complainant and of the use the Complainant is making of the mark AAA. The Respondent’s actions therefore constitute bad faith."
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel ordered that the disputed domain name AAAVisa.com be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can read the decision here .