Tuesday, 06 March 2012 07:01 Domain News
Microsoft has recently filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum,asserting legal rights over the domain name Halo4Beta.biz . According to whois records the domain name is now owned by a resident of Illinois.The disputed domain name resolves to a fake Halo 4 Beta website .Microsoft should expect the National Arbitration Forum order the domain name be transferred,considering the company owns the "Halo" trademark .The National Arbitration Forum will examine if the domain name is confusingly similar to the trademarked name. Moreover,it will examine if the owner of the Halo4Beta.biz domain name has rights over it and if the domain name is being used in ‘bad faith.This domain name will be passed over to Microsoft if it falls under all three of these stipulations.
The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum.
