American Airlines,a major airline of the United States has recently won the americaairlinecenter.com domain name in Arbitration.
The company submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
American Airlines owns many trademark registrations with the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office for the "American Airlines" mark.
Therefore,they contended that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,they contended that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith.
"Respondent is using the disputed domain name to intentionally divert Internet users to the associated website, which displays third-party links to competing websites."
"Respondent is collecting click-through fees and attempting to profit by creating a likelihood of confusion between Complainant’s AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER mark and the confusingly similar disputed domain name. "
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 americaairlinecenter.com domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can read the decision here .