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AOL ,the American global Internet services and media company,has recently submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum requesting four domain names to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant. The four disputed domain names are : fmapquest.com, mapqweat.com, wwwaimexpress.com, and wwwpopeater.com.
The company owns many trademark registrations for the "Mapquest","Aimexpress" and "Popeater" marks 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,the complainant contended that the respondent registered and used the domain names in bad faith.
"Respondent’s disputed domain names resolve to websites that promote Complainant’s competitors through click-through links.  Such an activity clearly disrupts Complainant’s business, as Internet users seeking Complainant’s products will be redirected to Complainant’s competitors."
"Respondent has created a likelihood of confusion for commercial gain as to Complainant’s source and affiliation with the disputed domain names and the resolving websites.  Respondent is presumably monetarily benefiting through the receipt of referral fees accrued when Internet users click on the competitive links."
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel decided the disputed domain names to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can see the decision here .