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Hewlett-Packard win two HP-related domain names in Arbitration

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded Hewlett-Packard two HP-related domain names : HPprinterdrivers.com and HPrewards.com . HP submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain names on August 18,2011 .

The company owns many trademark registrations for the "HP" mark.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,HP contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith .

"Respondent commercially benefits from its use of the disputed domain names.  Respondent does so by creating an impression that it is affiliated with, or sponsored by, Complainant, and then collecting click-through or affiliate fees from the businesses advertised on its resolving website when an Internet users mistakenly clicks on one of the links. "

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

You can read the decision here .

 

 
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