The American Automobile Association,also known as AAA has recently been awarded two domain names after filling a lawsuit against its owner .
The company filed a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center,claiming rights over the disputed domain names .
The two disputed domain names are : aaafuelbusters.com and aaafuelbusters-discountgasoline-list.com .
The American Automobile Association registered the "AAA" mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.Therefore,they contended in the complaint that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,they contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith.
"Respondent registered the disputed domain names that are confusingly similar to Complainant’s marks to attract Internet users to Respondent’s websites for Respondent’s commercial gain. Respondent’s registration of the disputed domain names also constitutes disruption of Complainant’s businesses and is further evidence of bad faith registration. "
Donald David,the respondent contended that the “www.aaafuelbusters-discountgasoline-list.com website had been dropped.He also wanted to drop the www.aaafuelbusters.com webiste but he was unable to do that because the website was locked .
All in all the Panel ordered that the disputed domain names be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can read the decision here .
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