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Microsoft wins BingGames.org domain name in arbitration

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded BingGames.org domain name to Microsoft .Microsoft submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum on September 30,2011,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name. Microsoft owns many trademark registrations for the "Bing" mark.Therefore it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,Microsoft contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith :

"The disputed domain name resolves to a website containing numerous links to flash games, a kind of online games, which visitors can play. The web pages of the website also display ads designed to appear in the language of the Internet user actually connected with the website. Presumably, Respondent obtains pay-per-click revenue by causing or allowing ads to appear. It is obvious that it is the fame and renown of Complainant’s Bing search engine the main factor allowing Respondent to reap monies by causing confusion among Internet users looking for Complainant's search engine."

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

You can read the decision here .

 

 
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