An arbitrator with National Arbitration Forum has awarded the domain name GoogleApp.com to Google.The American public corporation has recently submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,claiming rights over GoogleApp.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.
"Complainant states it has not authorized Respondent to use its GOOGLE mark in a domain name. Moreover, the WHOIS information lists “Ruslan Moussaev” as the registrant of the disputed domain name, which the Panel finds is not similar to the <googleapp.com> domain name. "
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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