The Respondent’s website features hyperlinks using the Complainant’s various trademarks, such as “Apple Iphone 5 Price”, “Apple Iphone Repair”, “Apple iPAD Mini Deals”, “Apple Store Apps”, “Apple iPAD Price” , “Iphone Software Download”, “Apple Store Online”, “Apple Iphone 4 Price”, “App Store” and other products and services of the Complainant.
...This sequence contains three easily distinguishable parts – “www” and “apple” and “store”. The “apple” element is identical to the Complainant’s APPLE trademarks and the elements “apple” and “store” together are identical to the APPLE STORE trademarks. ...
2014-05-28 - Case Details
Apple Inc. v. Algernon Salois,
WIPO Case No. D2011-0413. Complainant is the holder of a substantial number of trademark registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the APPLE word mark and the APPLE logo design mark depicting a stylized apple silhouette with a bite removed (together, the “APPLE Marks”). ...Users may also manage purchases from the Apple Store website, purchase apps from the App Store, make reservations at Apple Store locations and access Apple Support. ...
2014-04-17 - Case Details
Apple Inc owns so many trademarks concerning the APPLE trademark it is difficult to list a sufficient number to provide an example of Apple Inc’s trademark library. ...When a consumer arrives at the website located at the disputed domain name, the website displays the APPLE trademark in its title bar and prominently features the APPLE trademark and APPLE logo mark across the top of the website, while also displaying numerous banner advertisements. ...
2011-11-18 - Case Details
Factual Background
The Complainant is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of a wide variety of goods and services under the well-known APPLE mark.
It is the holder of a substantial number of trademark and service mark registrations on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for the APPLE word mark and the APPLE logo design mark, depicting a stylized apple silhouette with a bite removed (together, the “APPLE Marks”). ...On the evidence, the Respondent has no license or other authorization to use the APPLE Marks. There is little doubt that the Respondent registered the disputed domain names long after the APPLE mark and other APPLE Marks were registered. ...
2011-05-18 - Case Details
Factual Background
The trademark upon which Complaint grounds its contentions is APPLE. According to the documentary evidence and contentions submitted, Complainant registered the trademarks APPLE and APPLE Design in Colombia in 1984. ...Complainant further alleges that Respondent used the related website to offer brand new and second hand APPLE products.
Complainant also contends that Respondent acknowledged Complainant’s exclusive rights to the APPLE and APPLE Design trademarks when it agreed to cease the use of the commercial name APPLE as a consequence of Complainant’s first warning letter. ...
2006-12-01 - Case Details
In the foregoing circumstances, the Panel is satisfied that each of the apple Domain Names listed (i) to (vi) above is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s APPLE mark.
The apple Domain Names and , are so close to that the same result must follow. ...On the evidence which has been produced, the Panel is satisfied that the Respondent registered (and has used) the apple Domain Names with a view to ensnaring Internet users who made simple mistakes, typing one of the apple Domain Names into their browsers instead of the expression “Apple Music”. ...
2012-06-14 - Case Details
The Policy and Guidelines specifically prohibit travel agents from referring to themselves as "Apple Vacations travel agents" or "official Apple Vacations travel agencies", and provide that "No one may use the name ‘Apple Vacations’ or any Apple Vacations mark (or anything confusingly similar) as part of an Internet domain name".
...Complainant has used the "Apple Marks" in commerce for a substantial period of time. The Panel determines that Complainant has rights in the "Apple Marks" for use in connection with travel services.
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2003-11-18 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Apple Inc. v. Tim Lackey, BridgeIDentity
Case No. D2013-1650
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Apple Inc., of Cupertino, California, United States of America, represented by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, United States of America.
...Millward Brown Optimor, a brand valuation consulting firm, ranked Apple as the world’s most valuable brand in 2011, 2012, and 2013. The fame of the APPLE mark has been recognized in judicial and UDRP proceedings, such as Apple Inc. v. ...
2013-12-02 - Case Details
The APPLE trademark has also been recognized as a well-known mark by previous UDRP panels (e.g., Apple Inc v. ...There is no doubt from the evidence that the Complainant has trademark rights in the trademark APPLE.
The Disputed Domain Name incorporates the trademark APPLE in its entirety. The Disputed Domain Name differs from the trademark APPLE by the addition of the suffix “-9”. ...
2012-07-30 - Case Details
The Complainant is the holder of a substantial number of trademark and service mark registrations on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for the APPLE word mark and the APPLE logo design mark, depicting a stylized apple silhouette with a bite removed (together, the “APPLE Marks”). ...The Complainant provided evidence of its registered rights in APPLE, APPLE STORE, APPLE TV, APPLE CINEMA DISPLAY. The Complainant also provides evidence of its registrations for, among others, MAC, MAC OS, MAC.COM, .MAC, and MACINTOSH. ...
2011-03-21 - Case Details
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...In this case, the Complainant is a Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple, Inc. He is noted as the principal designer of the iMac, Apple iBook, iPod and iPhone (items which are well-known and widely used in today's society) which he designed in the course of his employment with Apple Inc. ...
2009-05-08 - Case Details
This apparently was the inception of the APPLE BOTTOMS Marks. Today, Apple Bottoms clothing enjoys world-wide brand and product name recognition. ...The Complainant believes that it has developed considerable goodwill in its APPLE BOTTOMS Marks. As indicated in the search results appearing in Annex 6 to the Complaint, cursory AltaVista and Google searches using the words “Apple Bottoms” produces a display of primary listings for the Apple Bottoms clothing line. ...
2005-09-12 - Case Details
The Complainant has also opened over 300 “Apple Store” branded bricks-and-mortar retail stores worldwide.
The APPLE brand is one of the best-known brands in the world. The Complainant owns numerous trademark registrations for APPLE and APPLE STORE, including United States federally registered marks APPLE, No. 1078312, registered on November 29, 1977 and APPLE STORE, No. 2683410, registered on February 4, 2003. ...
2012-06-08 - Case Details
Such minor misspelling alteration in this context is an insignificant variation to Complainant's APPLE mark that does nothing to obviate the confusing similarity between the Domain Name and the APPLE mark.
...The website at the Domain Name is being used as a parking page linked to Complainant's goods and services, featuring hyperlinks using Complainant's various marks, such as "Apple Laptops," "Apple iMac Desktop," "Apple iPad," "iPhone 5," "iPhone 4S," "Discount iPod," "Apple Downloads," and "Apple Stores,". ...
2014-05-19 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Apple Inc. v. David Shaban
Case No. D2012-1176
1. The Parties
Complainant is Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California, United States of America (“U.S.”) represented by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, U.S.
...Complainant has extensively promoted its Apple branded goods worldwide.
Complainant owns the following trademarks and service marks for the APPLE word mark on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
U.S. ...
2012-08-20 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Apple Inc. v. Andrew Sievright, Domain Source
Case No. D2010-1916
1. The Parties
Complainant is Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California, United States of America, represented by the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, United States of America.
...Factual Background
Complainant is the world-renowned maker of computers, telephones, and other electronic products, and software applications; Complainant also provides computer- and communications-related services worldwide. Complainant holds many trademarks for APPLE, APPLE and design, and APPLE plus product- or service-descriptive words (e.g., APPLE STORE) that are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in many comparable national registries around the world. ...
2010-12-16 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Apple Computer, Inc. v. PrivacyProtect.org / Private Registrations Aktien Gesellschaft
Case No. D2012-0879
1. ...The Complainant owns a substantial number of United States trademark and service mark registrations for the APPLE word mark and the APPLE logo design mark (“APPLE Marks”); in addition, the Complainant owns a number of United States trademark and service mark registrations for APPLE in connection with other terms, including APPLE STORE.
...
2012-07-02 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Apple Inc. v. Oakwood Services Inc. - N/A N/A
Case No. D2010-1917
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California, United States of America, represented by Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, United States of America.
...See, Apple Computer, Inc. v. Omar Acosta Rivera,
WIPO Case No. D2006-1118; and Apple Computer, Inc. v. Apple-Computers c/o Marcus Grey, NAF Claim No. ...
2011-01-07 - Case Details
The First Complainant is the owner of trade names and service marks including APPLE VACATIONS, APPLE and apple-related pictorial marks. Its US registered service marks include APPLE VACATIONS, registered on October 20, 1987, under registration number 1,462,268.
...By virtue of the above matters, the Complainants’ APPLE VACATIONS and other names and marks are strongly distinctive of the Complainants.
The Domain Name consists of the Complainants’ name and mark APPLE VACATIONS but with the second word misspelled only by the omission of the second letter "A" (the Complainant omits to refer to the "S"). ...
2003-10-27 - Case Details
Apple also provides a vast catalog of Apple-owned and third-party digital content through the ITUNES STORE, APP STORE, and IBOOKSTORE services. Apple has also expanded into the brick-and-mortar retail sector with its branded APPLE STORE retail stores, opening over 300 stores worldwide through September 2011. ...
2012-07-12 - Case Details