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Burger King wins domain name dispute

Thursday, 18 February 2010
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Burger King ,the famous chain of hamburger fast food restaurants,recently won a domain name case. Burger King submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the disputed domain name,burgerkingdelivered.com,to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Complainant owns many trademark registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the "Burger King" mark.Therefore,they contended in the complaint that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,they contended that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith.
"Respondent’s disputed domain name redirects to a website offering delivery services for Complainant’s products, as well as the products of other restaurant and stores.  Respondent’s use of Complainant’s mark in the domain name capitalizes on the wide recognition of Complainant’s mark in order to attract Internet users to Respondent’s own website for Respondent’s commercial gain.  "
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel decided the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can read the decision here  .  


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