The well known company,Victoria's Secret,which is an American retailer of woman's wear,lingerie,shoes and beauty products, won the VictoriaSecretPerfume.net domain name in arbitration . In the complaint submitted to the National Arbitration Forum,the company claims rights over the disputed domain name,saying that VictoriaSecretPerfume.net domain name is confusingly similar to their mark .
The company represented by Melise R. Blakeslee has submitted evidence of federal trademark registrations for the VICTORIA’S SECRET mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In the application they contended that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith.
"Respondent’s <victoriasecretperfume.net> domain name resolves to a website that displays links to third-party websites, some of which sell Complainant’s goods under its VICTORIA’S SECRET mark."
"Respondent receives click-through fees when Internet users click on one of the displayed links, unaware of Complainant’s lack of authorization or sponsorship of the site. The Panel finds that diversion of Complainant’s business by means of a confusingly similar domain name for profit constitutes bad faith registration and use."
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel ordered that the VictoriaSecretPerfume.net domain name be transfer from the respondent to the complainant .
You can read the decision here .
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