An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center awarded Facebook 21 domain names .Facebook filed a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on March 21,2011 ,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain names .
The 21 domain names are :aboutfacebook.com,facebookbabes.com,facebookcheats.com,facebookclub.com,facebookdevelopment.com,facebookfest.com,facebookintegration.com,facebookjournal.com,facebookking.com,facebookland.com,facebooksafety.com,facebookstudio.com,facebookstuff.com,freefacebookapps.com,friendsonfacebook.com,fundraisingwithfacebook.com,joinusonfacebook.com,killfacebook.com,moneyfromfacebook.com,moneywithfacebook.com and newfacebookapplication.com.
Facebook owns numerous trademark registrations for the "Facebook" mark.Therefore,it is more than obvious that all the disputed domains are confusingly similar to its trademark .
In order to win the disputed domain names,Facebook had to demonstrate that :
- The respondent did not have any rights or legitimate interest over the disputed domains
- The domains were all identical or confusingly similar to its trademark
- The respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith
Facebook managed to demonstrate all the three paragraphs and the Panel ordered the disputed domains to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can read the decision here .
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