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Google wins GoogleBaidu.com domain in Arbitration

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded GoogleBaidu.com domain name to Google.The company submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum on September 13, 2011 ,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name. The company owns many trademark registrations for the "Google" mark .Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,Google contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith :

"Complainant contends that Respondent’s registration and use of the domain name is competitive and thus disruptive. The disputed domain name is being used in order to attempt to allow Respondent to pass itself off as Complainant by imitating Complainant’s website held in connection with its GOOGLE mark. "

he respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding.

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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