Sandra Bullock,a famous American actress,submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum requesting the domain name sandrabullock.com to be transferred to her .
She contended that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the "Sandra Bullock" mark.The respondent,Network Operations Center,failed to submit a response.Moreover,the respondent is being accused that he used the domain name to resolve to a website featuring click-through links that further resolve to competing third-party entertainment news websites.
Therefore the Panel considered that the "Respondent is using a domain name, which is identical to Complainant’s SANDRA BULLOCK mark, to attract Internet users to its website containing links to various entertainment websites that compete with Complainant’s acting career. The Panel concludes that Respondent has misappropriated Complainant’s SANDRA BULLOCK mark to divert Internet users to competing websites, and that such use constitutes bad faith registration and use".
For all the foregoing reasons the Panel decided the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.