The National Arbitration Forum announced that a ruling has been issued in favor of American Airlines regarding rights to the internet domain name AmericanAirlinesTheater.com .
American Airlines filed a complaint with the National Arbitration and Mediation Center asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name.
The company owns many trademark registrations for the "American Airlines" mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office .Therefore,they contended the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,the company contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith.
"Respondent’s <americanairlinestheater.com> domain name resolves to a website offering links to Complainant’s competitors. Complainant asserts that the disputed domain name disrupts its business as the site offers links that go to competitor’s websites where the redirected Internet user may purchase services from that company instead of Complainant. "
The Panel ordered the disputed domain name be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can read the decision here .
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