Google,the American public corporation,has lost a domain name dispute over the domain name Groovle.com.
Google submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the domain name Groovle.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
They contended in the complaint that the dispute domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
"The Domain Name is “nearly identical or confusingly similar” to Complainant’s GOOGLE Mark. Minor alterations or misspellings do not eliminate the confusingly similar aspects of the Domain Name and Complainant’s mark. Here, the Domain Name is only two letters different from Complainant’s GOOGLE mark; therefore, the Domain Name is confusingly similar to Complainant’s mark."
Moreover,they added that the respondent,207 Media registered and used the domain name in bad faith.
On the other hand,the respondent says that it is an important difference between the two names.
"There is no misspelling of GOOGLE involved. The Disputed Domain Name contains an important “R” and important “V” that serve to distinguish the sound, appearance, meaning, and connotation of GROOVLE from GOOGLE. The addition of the “R” and the “V” clearly make the predominant word and meaning “GROOVE” or “GROOVY” rather than GOOGLE."
Because Google failed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel decided that the disputed domain name to remain with respondent.
You can see here the decision .