Saturday, 12 November 2011 05:40 Domain News
An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded BingGames.us domain name to Microsoft .Microsoft submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum on September 30,2011,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name. Microsoft owns many trademark registrations for the "Bing" mark.Therefore it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,Microsoft contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith :"Respondent registered and is using the confusingly similar disputed domain name for the purpose of commercially benefiting from the attraction of Internet users to its gaming website.""Respondent could not have registered and used the disputed domain name without actual or constructive knowledge of Complainant and its rights in the BING mark."The Panel ordered that the domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can read the decision here .
