The well known company,Victoria's Secret,which is an American retailer of woman's wear,lingerie,shoes and beauty products, won the VictoriaSecretBras.com domain name in arbitration .
In the complaint submitted to the National Arbitration Forum,the company claims rights over the disputed domain name,saying that VictoriaSecretBras.com domain name is confusingly similar to their mark .
The company represented by Melise R. Blakeslee has submitted evidence of federal trademark registrations for the VICTORIA’S SECRET mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In the application they contended that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith.
"Respondent’s use of the <victoriasecretbras.com> domain name disrupts Complainant’s business because the disputed domain name advertises links to other commercial sites purporting to sell Complainant’s products. Thus, the links featured at the disputed domain name are competing with Complainant’s business yet advertised under Complainant’s mark. "
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 that the VictoriaSecretBras.com domain name be transfer from the respondent to the complainant .
You can read the decision here .
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