WIPO Panelist Andrew F. Christie issued a ruling these days ordering four Apple-related domain names to be transferred to Apple.The four domain names are : appleipods.com,iphine.com,ipodhack.com and macbookpros.com.
The company filed a complaint August 16, 2011.The results gives Apple the rights to all of the four domain names.
Apple owns many trademark registrations for the "iPhone" , "iPod" and "MacBook" marks.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to its trademark.
Apple contended in the complaint that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith.
"The evidence on the record provided by the Complainant with respect to the Respondents’ use of the disputed domain names , and indicates that those disputed domain names have been used to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to websites by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s trademarks as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of those websites. "
The Panelist ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can read the decision here .