Travelocity ,an online travel agency has recently submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum ,requesting the domain names tavelocity.com and traveolcity.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 registration and use of the disputed domain name to link Internet users to websites featuring third party-links which are in competition with Complainant constitutes a disruption of Complainant’s business and constitutes bad faith registration and use."
"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."
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferrred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can see the decision here .
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