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Mike Tyson gets hands on MikeTyson.com domain name

An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded MikeTyson.com domain name to Mike Tyson.Mike Tyson submitted the complaint on October 15,2011,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name . Mike Tyson owns a trademark registration for the "Mike Tyson" mark.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,Mike Tyson contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith .

"Respondent’s bad faith purpose is clear from, at least, Respondent’s registration of a known celebrity name, and failure to develop the website for any good faith use. As described above, Respondent registered the domain in 2004, long after Complainant’s common law rights had been established and in continuous use."


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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