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Google wins dispute of eight Google-related domain names

 

An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded eight Google-related domain names to Google .

 

 

The eight domain names are : google-bih.com , google-crnagora.com , googlecrnagora.com , google-hrvatska.com , googlehrvatska.com

google-montenegro.com , googlemontenegro.com and googlesrbija.com .

The company submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on May 5, 2011, ,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name .

 

Google owns many trademark registrations for the "Google" mark.Therefore,the company contended that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to its trademark.

 

Moreover,Google contended in the complaint submitted with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith .

 

"In the case of the disputed domain name, , the Respondent intentionally used that fame to attract Internet users, who would likely suffer confusion as to whether the Complainant was the source of, affiliated with or sponsored or endorsed the website site found there. Certainly, the Respondent sought to gain commercially from the traffic so obtained."

 

The Panel ordered the disputed domain name be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

 

You can read the decision here .

 

 
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