Sunday, 04 March 2012 07:04 Domain News
An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum,has awarded GoogleGhana.com domain name to Google.The company,submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,on December 16,2011,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name . Google owns many the "Google" trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)among many others.Therefore,they contended and managed to demonstrate that GooglePatents.com is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,Google contended in the complaint that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith :"Complainant argues that Respondent, in its Response, effectively offered to sell the disputed domain name to Complainant for more than Respondent’s out-of-pocket costs. Specifically, Complainant claims that Respondent stated it would consider transferring the disputed domain name in exchange for all costs it incurred and future investment the disputed domain name would bring. Based on this offer, the Panel finds that the Respondent registered and uses the disputed domain name in bad faith."The Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from to respondent to complainant.
You can read the decision here .
