Identical or Confusingly Similar
In respect of each disputed domain name, the Complainant is required to have rights in a trademark that may be confusingly similar. The trademarks AMEGY, AMEGY BANK, AMEGYBANK, CALIFORNIA BANK & TRUST and NEVADA STATE BANK are not shown as registered to the Complainant or its parent on the registration documents submitted. ...In any event, in investigating the ownership of these marks, the Panel has found that the registered owners of the AMEGY, AMEGY BANK, AMEGYBANK, CALIFORNIA BANK & TRUST and NEVADA STATE BANK marks are within the Complainant's corporate family.
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2016-05-25 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
FINO Payments Bank Limited v. Sachin Khot
Case No. D2017-0927
1. The Parties
The Complainant is FINO Payments Bank Limited of Mumbai, India, represented by Chadha & Chadha, India.
...The Respondent has provided as evidence a list of third-party trademarks including the word “bank”, and argues that these entities do not have a bank license yet use the word “bank” in their trademarks. ...
2017-07-07 - Case Details
www.ziraatbosnia.com", "www.ziraatbank.ba"), Rusya'da faaliyet gösteren Ziraat Bank Moscow CJSC ("www.ziraatbank.ru"), Kazakistan'da 2 şube ile faaliyet gösteren Kazakhstan Ziraat International Bank ("www.kzibank.kz"), Türkmenistan'da 7 şube ile faaliyet gösteren Turkmen Turk JSC Bank ("turkmenturkbank.gov.tm"), Özbekistan'da faaliyet gösteren Uzbekistan Turkish Bank ("www.utbk.com"), Azerbaycan'da 4 şube ile faaliyet gösteren Azer Turk Bank ASC ("www.ziraatbank.az")'dir.
...Ayrıca Şikayet Edilen, "Ziraat Bank" olarak isimlendirilmemekte ve yaygın olarak "Ziraat Bank" olarak bilinmemektedir ve ZİRAAT BANK markasını içeren herhangi bir marka hakkına sahip değildir. ...
2017-03-23 - Case Details
The Complainant owns several trademarks consisting of or including the wording TARGO BANK trademarks protected worldwide, and notably:
- International verbal trademark TARGO BANK No. 1013173, registered on July 22, 2009, in classes 16, 35, 36, and 38;
- European Union semi-figurative trademark TARGO X BANK, No. 8285579, registered on February 1, 2010, in classes 16, 35, 36, and 38.
...The Complainant is the owner of trademarks TARGO BANK worldwide.
The trademark TARGO BANK is entirely reproduced in the disputed domain name.
The addition of the gTLD suffix “.com” in the disputed domain name is not relevant to avoid the confusing similarity.
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2019-08-08 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Resurs Bank AB v. Whois Privacy services / WWW-Firma, Ltd, Resurs Bank PO, Domain Administrator
Case No. D2010-1488
1. ...Resurs Radio & TV, Resurs Finans, Resurs Bank etc.). Thus, “Resurs“ is the dominant part in the Resurs Banks trademarks.
The Resurs Bank AB is the holder of several trademark registrations for RESURS BANK. ...
2010-12-03 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
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Ulster Bank Limited v. Ulster Clickasi Albert West
Case No. D2013-1770
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Ulster Bank Limited of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“United Kingdom”), represented by Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services, Sweden.
...Factual Background
The Complainant is a company incorporated in Ireland and is the proprietor of the ULSTER BANK trademark, and all other trademarks used in connection with the famous ULSTER BANK brand.
The Complainant was founded in 1836 and became a fully owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2000. ...
2013-12-05 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Vectra Bank Colorado, Zions First National Bank and Amegy Bank National Association v. Fluder
Case No. D2015-2046
1. ...Factual Background
The Complainants are Vectra Bank Colorado, Zions First National Bank and Amegy Bank National Association.
The Complainant Vectra Bank Colorado is the owner of the following trademarks registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office: VECTRA BANK COLORADO (Stylized), VECTRA BANK COLORADO, VECTRA BANK, and VECTRA for banking services.
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2015-12-18 - Case Details
This website also includes links to “Associated Bank Wisconsin” and “Associated Bank”, where both names include the Complainant’s ASSOCIATED BANK Mark and the former includes the state (Wisconsin) where the Complainant is headquartered. ...Further, inasmuch as that website also contains links to “Associated Bank Wisconsin” and “Associated Bank”, which ostensibly are used to denote a connection with the Complainant, nevertheless these “Associated Bank” links direct users to a variety of competing banks and lenders, none of which is associated with the Complainant. ...
2007-07-16 - Case Details
Further, the login option uses the client’s bank account number to long in, instead of a login user identification (as is normal in financial institutions’ websites), which may enable the Respondent to obtain the bank account number and other personal information from the Complainant’s customers.
...The Complainant operates through various divisions, all part of a single bank, under different trade names and trademarks, including “Amegy Bank”, “The Commerce Bank of Oregon”, “The Commerce Bank of Washington”, “National Bank of Arizona”, “Nevada State Bank”, “California Bank & Trust”, and “Zions Bank”, or closely similar variations thereof. ...
2020-05-08 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Royal Bank of Canada v. RBC Bank
Case No: D2002-0672
1. The Parties
(a) Complainant
The Complainant is Royal Bank of Canada, a bank constituted under the laws of Canada having its principal place of business in Montreal. ...The correct name of the Respondent is RBC Alliance Bank, not RBC Bank.
2. The Respondent has no business in the United States at all.
3. "RBC" as used in the name RBC Alliance Bank stands for the names of owners of the Bank. ...
2002-11-27 - Case Details
The language of this administrative proceeding is English, that being the language of the Registration Agreement.
4. Factual Background
Cadence Bank, is a US bank with more than 100 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. ...Complainant
The Complainant contends that apart from the word element “ban”, which is misspelling of the word “bank” and the generic Top-Level Domain (“gTLD”) “.com” the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to its CADENCE and CADENCE BANK trademarks.
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2017-09-06 - Case Details
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PANEL DECISION
Centurion Bank of Punjab Limited v. West Coast Consulting, LLC
Case No. D2005-1319
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Centurion Bank of Punjab Limited, Central Bombay Infotech Park, Maharashtra, India. ...Factual Background
4.1 The Complainant
The Complainant is the Centurion Bank of Punjab Limited. The Complainant was formed by a merger on October 21, 2005, of the Centurion Bank and the Bank of Punjab.
4.2 Complainant’s Activities
After the amalgamation, the Complainant has approximately 2.2 million customers as on October, 2005. ...
2006-03-14 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Bank of New Zealand v. Xuhui, Dai
Case No. D2000-0988
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Bank of New Zealand, a New Zealand company having its principal place of business in New Zealand but with an address also at 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia (being the address of its parent company, National Australia Bank Ltd). ...The Complainant has a brand awareness for its trade mark Bank of New Zealand of 90% amongst the public in New Zealand. The Complainant utilizes the trade mark Bank of New Zealand on its website "bnz.co.nz".
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2000-10-19 - Case Details
The Parties
The Complainant, Christiana Bank & Trust Company, is a state chartered bank, incorporated in the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business located at 3801 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Delaware 19807 USA.
...In Exhibit 2 of the Respondents’ supplemental evidentiary submission, Respondent Lori Lake writes:
"When my husband searched for Christiana Bank domain name, nothing was found. Odd.., he checked for Christiana Bank & Trust Company, still no match.. ...
2001-01-29 - Case Details
Factual Background
The complainant is an active Swedish bank which provides bank and financial services under the trade name Stadshypotek Bank. It uses the Internet to provide its services under the domain name . ...The Complainant states that it received permission to conduct business as a bank from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority in 1995. Apart from the fact that Stadshypotek Bank is a registered trade name, the word bank may only be used by corporations in banking activities according to Swedish law. ...
2003-06-24 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Royal Bank of Canada v. Personal
Case No. D2001-0761
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Royal Bank of Canada, of 1, Place Ville-Marie, Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3A9, Canada.
...Any use of the domain name by a person other than Royal Bank of Canada will inevitably cause confusion in that people familiar with Royal Bank of Canada, its trademark ROYAL BANK and its web site domain name will naturally expect that the Respondent's domain name is used by or under the authority of Royal Bank of Canada."
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2001-08-09 - Case Details
This transposition of letters can be a common typographical and/or phonetic misspelling of the DEUTSCHE BANK Mark.
The fact that the disputed Domain Names take advantage of the common misspellings of the DEUTSCHE BANK Mark is illustrated by the common erroneous use of the wording "Duetsche Bank". ...Nothing on Respondent’s websites would justify the use of a slight variation of the Deutsche Bank Mark or even the term ‘bank’ within the disputed Domain Names.
Respondent is not to use the word ‘bank’ in its name, unless it can establish that it is a properly-licensed banking institution. ...
2002-02-18 - Case Details
WIPO Case No. D2001-0695).
9. See National Australia Bank Limited
v. Xuhui, Dai (WIPO Case No. D2000-0987)
and Bank of New Zealand v. Xuhui, Dai (WIPO
Case No. D2000-0988).
10. DG Bank AG v. Xuhui, Dai, (WIPO
Case No. D2000-0750)....
2001-09-20 - Case Details
“First Complainant”) and Hamilton Reserve Bank, Ltd.
(“Second Complainant”), Saint Kitts and Nevis, represented by Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP, United States
of America (“United States”).
...No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “RESERVE BANK”
apart from the trademark as shown on the certificate of registration.
The Second Complainant is a bank offering personal and business banking services and investment
solutions. ...
2024-01-09 - Case Details
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia v. Steven Carter
Case No. D2025-4188
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia, represented by CSC Digital Brand Services
Group AB, Sweden.
...Factual Background
The Complainant is an Australian bank founded in 1911 with an operating income in 2025 of AUD28 million.
The Complainant holds registrations for the trademark COMMONWEALTH BANK and variations of it around
the world, including, inter alia, New Zealand Registration No. 209689 for COMMONWEALTH BANK
registered on March 26, 1996 in class 36, Australian Registration No. 855742 for COMMONWEALTH BANK
registered on November 3, 2000 in class 36, Indian Registration No. 2026334 for COMMONWEALTH BANK
registered on September 21, 2010 in class 36, and International Registration No. 1604561 for
COMMONWEALTH BANK (figurative) registered on February 23, 2021 in classes 9, 16, 35, 36, 38 and 41.
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2025-12-08 - Case Details