As evidenced by the Complainant’s
screenshots, the disputed domain name redirects users to a website that falsely says “Your Apple iPhone
has been hacked” and tries to trick users into making a purchase called “Protection System” from “AppleCare
Plus”.
5. ...As noted above, the disputed domain name redirects to a page displaying the false statement “Your Apple
iPhone has been hacked” which attempts to induce users to purchase a product purported to be a
“Protection System” from “AppleCare Plus”. ...
2026-02-12 - Case Details
Via the hyperlink “OtterBox Cases for iPad, iPhone and Samsung Galaxy” to a website at “www.otterboxsuperstore.com.au” which offers for sale and sells OtterBox cases and accessories for Apple and Samsung smartphone devices, as well as for the Complainant’s BlackBerry devices; and
2. Via the hyperlink “LifeProof Cases for iPhone and Samsung Galaxy” to a website at “www.lifeproofsuperstore.com.au” which offers for sale and sells cases and accessories for competing Apple and Samsung smartphone devices under the third-party trade mark LIFEPROOF.
...The Website offers for sale not just the Complainant’s products, but third-party OtterBox and LifeProof cases and accessories for competing Apple and Samsung products;
3. Although the Website contains a disclaimer at the bottom of the site which notes that the Trade Marks are owned by the Complainant, and states that the Respondent is not endorsed, sponsored, affiliated with or otherwise authorized by the Complainant, the disclaimer is not effective as it is in faint grey type at the bottom of the page, it is below the place where a customer would click to order the Respondent’s products, and it is not perceptible immediately by the public.
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2016-12-27 - Case Details
The visit to the "www.wikipeda.com" website resulted in a warning that the visit to the site had allowed a virus to infiltrate the computer and an invitation from "Apple Security" to commence a scan and participate in a repair. An ensuing call to Apple verified that that the invitation did not emanate from Apple.
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2015-08-27 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Gilead Sciences, Inc., Gilead Sciences Ireland UC, Gilead Sciences LLC v. Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC / apple infoway, MillionHealthPharma / Preetha Infoway, Apple Infoway
Case No. D2018-2281
1. The Parties
The Complainants are Gilead Sciences, Inc., Gilead Sciences Ireland UC and Gilead Sciences LLC of Foster City, California, United States of America (“US”), represented by Jack Wessel, US.
The Respondents are Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona, US / apple infoway, MillionHealthPharma of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India / Preetha Infoway, Apple Infoway of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
2. ...
2019-01-04 - Case Details
In addition the disputed domain name also contains the trademark IPHONE, and the Complainant has obtained a letter of authorization from Apple Inc. (owner of IPHONE trademarks) to obtain the transfer of this disputed domain name if ordered in this UDRP proceeding.
...The addition of the terms “iphone” and “on” does not prevent confusion due to the fact that the word “on” is a generic term and the term “iphone” is a well-known trademark of Apple Inc. related to communications, and hence the disputed domain name misleads Internet users into thinking that the disputed domain name is related to the Complainant.
...
2011-09-05 - Case Details
Such use is not bona fide for purposes of Policy paragraph 4(a)(ii). See, e.g., Apple Inc. v. Andrew Sievright, Domain Source,
WIPO Case No. D2010-1916, involving ("What makes Respondent's conduct obvious cybersquatting is the similarity of the disputed domain name to the APPLE mark combined with competitive use, sometimes called 'targeting' Complainant and its marks.")...
2015-09-28 - Case Details
The Respondent refers to the website at as a similar domain name and website that has been in existence for a period of time to show that her website is legitimate, but the Panel does not find this argument persuasive. There may be an agreement between Apple Inc. and this publisher. Or Apple Inc. may be pleased that this website exists and reviews its products. Or Apple Inc. may be in the process of preparing legal proceedings. We do not know. The mere existence of this website does not create a precedent that assists the Respondent.
...
2020-09-30 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Apple Inc. v. Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 016745298 / Grand Slam Co.
Case No. D2011-1327
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California, United States of America represented by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.
...Factual Background
The Complainant is the manufacturer of the well-known ITUNES digital media software application. Designed for use with the Complainant’s APPLE MAC computers and IPOD portable media player device, the ITUNES application enables users to create and synchronise digital music libraries.
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2011-10-06 - Case Details
At the time the Complaint was filed, the Domain Name resolved to a website that appeared to be associated with Apple Computer's MobileMe software, containing links related to the MobileMe platform.
5. Parties' Contentions
A. ...Finally, as previously indicated, the Domain Name resolves to a website that appears to be associated with Apple Computer's MobileMe software.
Based on the above, the Panel finds that the Complainant has satisfied paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy.
7. ...
2010-05-27 - Case Details
The service mark on which the Complainant relies is not strictly a word mark for MOHELA but a word and device mark in which a stylized representation of "MOHELA" in upper font is used in conjunction with a line drawing of an apple positioned before the "M" of "MOHELA". Protection is afforded primarily to the overall stylized word and device rather than to the word "MOHELA" in isolation.
However, the apple device is only a comparatively small part of the composite mark and it is evident from the extract of the Complainant's website which has been provided by the Complainant that the word "MOHELA" is frequently used without the apple device and that the Complainant will accordingly have acquired unregistered rights in the word "MOHELA" solus. ...
2014-11-11 - Case Details
If the term in
question also has a generic or descriptive meaning, then someone may legitimately
use it in a way that is consistent with that meaning. For example, while APPLE
is undoubtedly a famous mark for computers, it does not follow that someone
who owns an apple orchard does not have a legitimate interest in the use of
the word “apple” as part of an Internet domain name to be used with
his business. ...
2005-04-01 - Case Details
The Complainant’s games are available on such platforms as Apple Store and
Google Play Store. As of February 2022, the Complainant’s games have been downloaded more than 6
billion times. One of the most successful Complainant’s games is a racing game Aquapark.io (the “Game”).
It was launched on February 28, 2019 on Apple Store. As of February 2022, the Game has been
downloaded more than 270 million times worldwide.
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2023-04-18 - Case Details
During November and December 2021, fraudulent purchase orders we placed with Apple, Inc. using the Complainant’s address and contact information for computer products that were shipped to a California, United States address not associated with the Complainant. ...@penumbramedical.com. The Complainant received an invoice from Apple for these fraudulent purchases.
5. Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant asserts the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Mark because the disputed domain name is composed by merely dropping the distinctive image from the Mark and adding the word “medical”.
...
2022-03-16 - Case Details
The Complainants operate an online shopping platform accessible through its website “www.temu.com” and
mobile applications available for free download through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The
website “temu.com” was launched in the United States in September 2022 and quickly became one of the
most downloaded e-commerce apps, surpassing 100 million downloaded free applications.
...The Complainants operate an online shopping platform accessible through its website “www.temu.com” and mobile applications available for free download through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The website “temu.com” was launched in the Unite...
The platform strives to continually offer the most affordable quality products to create an inclusive environment for consumers and sellers. ...
2025-04-17 - Case Details
The Complainant asserts that the registration of the disputed domain names is a classic example of a bad faith registration in accordance with 4(b) of the Policy, being highly likely that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant at the dates on which the disputed domain names were registered, and that the Respondent registered the disputed domain names in order to prevent the Complainant from reflecting its trademarks in a corresponding domain name, and that the Respondent has engaged in a pattern of such conduct, illustrated by the fact that a reverse WhoIs search shows that the Respondent is the owner of 1,194 domain names, many of which contain references to other famous brands, including , and which are obvious references to Apple and Barclays. Therefore, the Complainant claims, the Respondent has registered the disputed domain names primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of the Complainant. ...The Respondent’s holding of a large number of domain names, many of which contain references to other famous brands, including , , and (which are obvious references to Apple and Barclays) is further evidence of the Respondent’s bad faith.
Consequently, for all these reasons, the Panel finds that the Complainant has met the requirement of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy.
7. ...
2018-04-03 - Case Details
D2008-1479 (“Complainant has established its rights in the TICKETMASTER mark by virtue of the evidence of its United States federal trademark registrations.”): and Apple Computer, Inc. v. Apple-Computers c/o Marcus Grey, NAF Claim No. FA535416 (“Complainant has established in this proceeding that it has rights to the APPLE mark as evidenced by its registration with the USPTO.”).
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2011-07-06 - Case Details
Marks can vary in whether
they are generic, descriptive, suggestive, or arbitrary depending on the
goods or services to which they refer (compare "Apple" for apples,
"Apple" for lipstick, and "Apple" for computers). In
addition, Complainant has submitted no evidence that its mark has substantial
commercial strength, such that a significant number of Internet users might
well expect that any use of "Online Resources" is associated with
Complainant.
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2001-06-01 - Case Details
It is unlikely that the owners of these separate “apple” trademarks could prevent someone using the word “apple” as a reference to fruit in ordinary every day speech. ...However, that does not mean that it is not capable of being used as a trademark either by a business selling computer equipment or a business selling recorded music.
6.11 No doubt the Respondent would say that the case currently before the Panel is somewhat different from the “apple” example given. The word “apple” has little inherent connection with the world of computers and music. ...
2008-02-05 - Case Details
The
website concludes with a depiction of the Coinme Logo and what appears to be a link to the Apple App
Store.
5. Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant submits that it was founded in 2014 and is now the largest licensed cryptocurrency cash
exchange. ...It adds that, when clicking on what appears to be a link to the Apple App Store, users are in fact
offered a file download, which is liable to be malicious in nature. ...
2022-11-07 - Case Details
It has been used at least recently to redirect
Internet users to a webpage that purports to display a series of virus alerts in French and prompting the user
to immediately call a French phone number using the words “Applez Apple Security”. These alerts also
display the name and logo of Apple and are titled “Services de sécurité”.
5. ...
2026-02-02 - Case Details