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Disney wins domain name case

Disney Enterprises,the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting six domain names to be transferred to them .

The six domain names are : marypoppinsonbroadway.com, marypoppinstickets.net, marypoppinstickets.org, hannahmontanaticketsonline.com, and littlemermaidticketsny.com .
Disney Enterprises owns various trademarks.The domain names marypoppinsonbroadway.com, marypoppinstickets.net, marypoppinstickets.org are confusingly similar to its Mary Poppins mark,hannahmontanaticketsonline.com is confusingly similar to its Hannah Montana mark and littlemermaidticketsny.com is confusingly similar to its Little Mermaid mark .
Moreover,the entertainment conglomerate demonstrated that the domain names were registered and used in bad faith.
The complainant ,demonstrated that two of the domain name resolves to their "Disney on Broadway” web page".
Marypoppinstickets.org, hannahmontanaticketsonline.com, and littlemermaidticketsny.com seems to resolve " to a commercial website that sells goods and services that compete with Complainant’s business.  Specifically, it appears that Respondent is diverting Internet users seeking Complainant’s entertainment goods and services to a website that sells tickets to Complainant’s shows, as well as shows of competitors, in competition with Complainant’s own sale of its goods and services. "
Because the respondent failed to submit a response and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements required,the Panel decided the six disputed domain names to be transferred from the respondent to he complainant.

 

 

 
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