An arbitrator with National Arbitration Forum has awarded the domain name atgoogle.com to Google.The American public corporation has recently submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,claiming rights over atgoogle.com domain name .
Google owns many trademark registrations for the "Google" 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 disputed domain name in bad faith.
"The disputed domain name was registered by the Respondent only in January 2009, well after the Google trademarks were registered. Inactivity of the disputed domain name indicates that it is being used in bad faith."
However,the respondent contended that he purchased the disputed domain name at auction on e-Bay.Therefore,he did not originally registered the domain name.
All in all,the Panel ordered that the disputed domain name be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can read the decision here .
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