Walsucks and Walmarket Puerto Rico,
Case No. D2000-0477, decided July 20, 2000.
7. Apple Computer, Inc. v. DomainHouse.com, Inc., Case No.
D2000-0341, decided July 5, 2000....
2000-09-27 - Case Details
Clearly, the Respondent, by not only registering the disputed domain name but
also using it in the manner he did, intended to and actually did opportunistically
exploit the inevitable user confusion that resulted from its use of this particular
domain name to the Complainant’s detriment, both financially in terms
of lost sales and also tarnishment of its marks and reputation. See, e.g., Sound
Unseen, Ltd.; Apple Bottoms, LLC; and Cornell Haynes p/k/a “Nelly”
v. Patrick Vanderhorst, WIPO Case No. D2005-0636
(August 18, 2005).
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2006-02-24 - Case Details
D2006-0237 (April 18, 2006); Sound Unseen, Ltd.; Apple Bottoms, LLC; and Cornell Haynes p/k/a “Nelly” v. Patrick Vanderhorst, WIPO Case No. D2005-0636 (August 18, 2005); True Blue Productions, Inc. v. ...
2007-03-16 - Case Details
On November 1, 2022, the Respondent submitted a rebuttal to the Complainant’s unsolicited supplemental
filing stating inter alia that it is true that generic terms can become famous, such as Apple, Amazon, etc., but
that is not the case of “Kubota” which an entity based in the United States would have no reason to know
about unless they are part of the farming community which in this case the Respondent most certainly is not.
6. ...
2022-12-05 - Case Details
If the intention is to use the domain name in a way that takes commercial or other unfair advantage of the domain name's trade mark associations, then the registration will not be legitimate.
6.16 An obvious case would be the registration of a domain name that incorporated the word “apple” with a view to taking advantage of the association of that term either with computers or the well known music publishing company. ...
2009-04-30 - Case Details
D2008-1587; and James Good o/a Pornreports.com v. Mark Anderson,
WIPO Case No. D2004-0391). “Apple”, “Amazon”, “Time”, “Coke” and “Delta” are all generic words which are famous trademarks.
The Complainant has further provided the Panel with evidence of the popularity of their JACKASS television series, JACKASS movies and associated JACKASS merchandise. ...
2009-02-18 - Case Details
The Panel accepts that the word “intuit” has a potential generic trade mark or descriptive meaning. That is true of many trade marks. The word “apple”, for example, is a famous trade mark used by two quite separate entities in respect of computers and music, as well as being an ordinary English word for a type of fruit.
6.8 In a case of trade mark infringement the extent to which a mark has a potential generic meaning may well be highly relevant. ...
2008-10-29 - Case Details
D2007-0648, the panel took a diametrically opposed view. The range of views is discussed in Apple Inc. v. Fred Bergstrom, LottaCarlsson, Georges Chaloux and Marina Bianchi,
WIPO Case No. D2011-1388.
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2013-01-15 - Case Details
The mere fact that a trademark consists of a common word or phrase (such as “Apple”) does not render it in any way invalid for the purposes of this element of the Policy. Finally the Panel rejects the contention that the Complainant fails on this ground because the Complainant in its Complaint does not show rights in the United States. ...
2013-03-05 - Case Details
Advanced Programming Resources,
Inc. 146 F.3d 350 (6th Cir. 1998).9 Such use must be more than de minimis or token (see Social
Technologies LLC v. Apple Inc., 4 F.4th 811, at 818 (2021)(“ We consider the totality of the circumstances to
determine whether the “use in commerce” requirement has been satisfied so as to establish rights under the
Lanham Act).10 Token use and minimal or isolated transactions are insufficient to establish or maintain
common law trademark rights.
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2025-06-10 - Case Details
The Complainant cannot
restrict others from using the Chinese word “百度”, or the phonetic transcription “Baidu”, just as Apple, Inc.
cannot restrict others from eating apples.
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The Respondents never tried to sell the disputed domain name to the Complainant. ...
2024-02-14 - Case Details
More likely, in the Panel’s view, is that the typical Internet user would read “macs” in the disputed domain name as either: (i) the plural of the trademark MAC, for which there are numerous registrations by various parties around the world (including by the Apple computer company and by the Estee Lauder cosmetics company); or (ii) a non-descriptive term with no particular meaning. ...
2018-05-25 - Case Details
Since its introduction, the WhatsApp app has had over 1.5 billion monthly active users worldwide as of the fourth quarter of 2018. WhatsApp consistently has been ranked amongst Apple iTunes’ top 25 most popular free mobile applications, is recognized in Tech Radar’s Best Android Apps, and has been named the third most downloaded application in the world in App Annie’s 2019 Top Apps Worldwide Rankings.
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2019-10-15 - Case Details
The Complainant has also consistently ranked amongst the top apps available for mobile phone devices and has won a number of awards in this regard including "App of the Year" in 2011 from Apple, Inc. The phenomenal growth and popularity within a short space of time made the Complainant the subject of much media coverage from before the date of its launch to the present in mainstream global media outlets like The New York Times, the BBC, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The People's Daily (China), as well as technology publications like Techcrunch.
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2014-11-28 - Case Details
The Panel notes that a single consolidated proceeding against distinct respondents raises potential issues of prejudice to the Respondents’ procedural rights (e.g. the right of individual Respondents to elect a three member panel: see Apple Inc. v. Private Whois Service,
WIPO Case No. D2011-0929) as well as substantive prejudice, given that individual purpose and intention are such important elements of bad faith.
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2014-02-18 - Case Details
The Respondent states that many companies adopted this concept, following the APPLE I-POD or I-TOUCH products. The Respondent emphasizes that while the Complainant claims to have made sales prior to August 2008 it was unable in the previous dispute between the Parties to provide any evidence to support this. ...
2014-04-30 - Case Details
Many common words may typically be registered as trademarks where, as here, the word is not descriptive of the goods and services to which the mark is applied, APPLE for computers being a famous example.
Comparing the Complainant's mark to the disputed domain name, the Panel notes that it is reproduced in its entirety together with the addition of the hyphen and geographic term "Indonesia". ...
2015-12-16 - Case Details
Among the companies that have advertised their products or services on the YAHOO! site are Apple, Colgate-Palmolive, Disney, The Gap, Honda, IBM, Lego, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Sony, Swatch, Toshiba, and Visa.
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2001-02-01 - Case Details
Stevens has worked as a consultant to numerous high technology companies including Apple Computer, Inc., Activision, Inc., AT&T, GEC Marconi, McDonnell Douglas and Parker Brothers.
In June 2001, Ms. ...
2002-12-04 - Case Details
3) 投诉人提供的证据显示在Google Play中，超过5亿用户已下载TikTok移动应用。该应用程序在Apple Store
中排名为“娱乐类别的首位”。投诉人表示TIK TOK及TIKTOK品牌的知名度在全世界及其行业中都得到了公
认。
被投诉人注册、使用争议域名是意图使消费者误以为被投诉人的网站与投诉人具有关联。...
2022-06-08 - Case Details