Steffi Graf,a former World No. 1 female tennis player from Germany is the only player to have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments .
Therefore,SGF License, LLC submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum ,requesting the domain name steffigraf.info to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant .
SGF License, LLC contended that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark .Moreover,they accused the respondent of registering and using the domain name in bad faith .
"Respondent’s use of Complainant’s GRAF mark to operate a website offering links to sports-related products that compete with Complainant’s own sponsorship of sports-related products is disruptive of Complainant’s business and thus constitutes bad faith registration and use of the contested domain ."
"...Respondent is attempting to attract Internet users to its disputed domain name by utilizing a domain name that is confusingly similar to Complainant’s GRAF mark. We presume that Respondent receives click-through fees each time an Internet user clicks on the sponsored links featured at the <steffigraf.info> domain name’s resolving website. "
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel decided the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant .
Here is the decision .