Yahoo submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum requesting the domain name yahoo.tel to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant .
Moreover,Yahoo contended that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith .
"Respondent’s diversionary use of the <yahoo.tel> domain name was done with a profit motive. Respondent uses the domain name to ensnare Internet users searching for Complainant’s services. Internet users that mistype the termination of Complainant’s domain name are linked to Respondent’s website, which promotes corporate services, and users are likely to be confused as to Complainant’s affiliation or level of sponsorship. Respondent’s use fits squarely under the bad faith circumstance listed in Policy ¶ 4(b)(iv). Therefore, Respondent uses the <yahoo.tel> domain name in bad faith. "
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because Yahoo managed to demonstrate all the elements required,the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant .
Here is the decision .
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