Travelocity ,an online travel agency has recently submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum ,requesting the domain names travelcoity.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
The online agency has a registered "Travelocity" mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office .Therefore,they contended in the application that the respondent registered domain names confusingly similar to its trademark .
Moreover,they accuse the respondent that he had registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith .
"Respondent’s use of the disputed domain name to intentionally attract Internet users attempting to access Complainant’s goods and services and redirect them to the disputed domain name and profit from the receipt of pay-per-click fees is evidence of bad faith ."
"Respondent has engaged in the practice of typosquatting by using a common mistyping of Complainant’s TRAVELOCITY mark to misdirect Internet users. The Panel finds typosquatting is itself evidence of bad faith registration and use."
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.
You can see the decision here .
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