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AOL wins ShoutCastLive.com and ShoutCastLive.net domains in Arbitration

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded two domain names ,ShoutCastLive.com and ShoutCastLive.net to AOL.The company submitted a complaint on December 19,2011,asserting legal rights over the disputed domains . AOL owns many trademark registrations for the "ShoutCast" mark.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to its trademark .Moreover,the company contended in the complaint that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith .

"Complainant also alleges that Respondent registered and is using the disputed domain names for its own commercial gain, constituting bad faith registration and use.  As mentioned above, Respondent’s website offers links to Complainant’s competitors.  Respondent presumably generates revenue by collecting a click-through fee for each Internet users diverted to one of the linked sites.  This use equates to registering and using the disputed domain name in bad faith."

The Panel ordered the disputed domain names to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant .

You can read the decision here .

 

 
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