Jay Leno,the American stand-up comedian and television host,just won a domain name case.
Obviously,he has rights over this domain name ,as long as he had a 30-year career in entertainment,being the host of the highly popular show,"The Tonight Show".
On the other shore is the respondent,represented by Guadalupe Zambrano who said Jay Leno "has no right to the disputed domain name or to any other domain name incorporating “Jay Leno”, because the Complainant has transferred any trademark rights in the JAY LENO name and mark to his employer, the National Broadcasting Corporation , which is owned by General Electric Company (“GE”). As proof of this the Respondent maintains that a WhoIs search shows that the domain names jayleno.com and jaylenosgarage.com are owned by GE."
Moreover,the respondent stated that he registered the domain name before NBC decided to call Jay Leno's show, "The Jay Leno Show".
Even though the respondent had some good arguments,Jay Leno proved all the three elements to obtain the domain name.
Therefore,the Panel ordered the domain name thejaylenoshow.com to be trasferres to Jay Leno.
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