D2003-0541, (decided that is confusingly similar to the mark OSCAR); Caesars World v. Alaiksei Yahorau,
WIPO Case No. D2004-0513, (decided that is confusingly similar to the mark CAESARS); Nokia Corporation v. ...D2000-0102, (decided that is confusingly similar to the mark NOKIA). The Panel therefore finds that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s mark.”
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2012-11-22 - Case Details
Therefore, the Panel finds little reason to deviate from the reasoning of those previous panels and determines that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the VALIUM trademark. See, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG v. Private Whois buyvaliumdiazepam.org, supra, (finding to be confusingly similar to the VALIUM mark); F. ...D2011-0355 (finding to be confusingly similar to the VALIUM mark); and F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG v. Den,
WIPO Case No. D2006-0182 (finding to be confusingly similar to the VALIUM mark).
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2015-09-07 - Case Details
Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
Identical or confusingly similar
The Complainants submit that each of the Disputed Domain Names are confusingly similar to their Trade Marks and highlight that each of the Disputed Domain Names fully comprises their SKY BET or SKY VEGAS trade mark. ...It is the opinion of the Panel that this further exacerbates the confusingly similar nature of the Disputed Domain Names and is likely to mislead Internet users. For example, : this domain name incorporates SKY BET in entirety and causes additional confusion by including other wording that is confusingly similar to the SKY BETTING & GAMING, and SKY NEWS trade marks of the Complainant.
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2017-04-24 - Case Details
Complainant
The Complainant’s contentions can be summarized as follows:
Identical or confusingly similar
The Complainant contends that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s BOLLORE trademark. ...A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Based on the evidence submitted, the Panel finds that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Complaint’s trademark BOLLORÉ. ...
2020-05-05 - Case Details
Registered and Used in Bad Faith
Complainant contends that because Respondent has created a domain name that is confusingly similar to Complainant’s INSTAGRAM Mark, as found in section 6A above, it is implausible to believe that Respondent did not have actual knowledge of Complainant’s famous mark when it registered its confusingly similar domain name. ...Prior UDRP panels have found that the non-use of a domain name that is confusingly similar to a complainant’s mark constitutes use in bad faith. See Instagram, LLC v. Igor Petrov,
WIPO Case No. ...
2021-06-30 - Case Details
It is generally regarded as prima facie evidence of no rights or legitimate interests if a complainant shows that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a complainant’s trademark, that the respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name, and that a complainant has not authorized the respondent to use its mark (or an expression which is confusingly similar to its mark), whether in the disputed domain name or otherwise. ...Registered and Used in Bad Faith
Complainant contends that because Respondent has created a domain name that is confusingly similar to Complainant’s QATALYST Mark, as well as its domain name, as found in section 6.A. above, it is implausible to believe that Respondent did not have actual knowledge of Complainant’s mark when it registered its confusingly similar domain name. ...
2021-06-15 - Case Details
Australian Tourism Co Ltd 1998 IPD 42.561 (“The Chifley Tower” found not confusingly similar to “The Chifley”) and SAP Australia Pty Ltd v Sapient Australia Pty Ltd (1999) 48 IPR 593 (“The Sapient College” found not confusingly similar to “Sapient”). On the other hand there is a number of cases which have been decided the other way, see for example JohnFitton & Co’s Ltds Application (1949) 66 RPC 110, (“Easy Jest” found confusingly similar to “Jest”) and Baron Phillipe de Rothschild SA’s Application (1988) IPD 10096 (“Cadet” found confusingly similar to “Mouton Cadet”). ...
2007-02-12 - Case Details
Indeed, two previous WIPO UDRP panels have found virtually identical
domain names confusingly similar to the Complainant’s marks. In a recent
decision, a panel determined that the domain name was
confusingly similar to AT&T marks. ...Accordingly, the disputed domain names should be transferred to the Complainant, just as other confusingly similar domain names have been transferred to it in numerous analogous WIPO UDRP proceedings.
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2005-11-22 - Case Details
Accordingly, the disputed domain name wholly incorporates the Complainant’s Mark and is therefore
confusingly similar, if not identical to the mark. Accordingly, Complainant has established that the disputed
domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the Complainant’s Mark in which Complainant has valid
and subsisting trademark rights, and therefore the condition of Paragraph 4(a)(i) is fulfilled.
...Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
B. Respondent
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2024-07-15 - Case Details
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
It is well accepted that the first element functions primarily as a standing requirement. ...Further, the Panel finds that the Domain Name is confusingly
similar to Complainant’s mark, both visually and, in this case, in its pronunciation. Accordingly, the Domain
Name is confusingly similar to Complainant’s mark for the purposes of the Policy. ...
2026-01-12 - Case Details
D2002-0775 the panel found that a domain name is "virtually identical and/or confusingly similar" to a complainant's mark when it is a "purposeful misspelling" of the mark, "commonly referred to as 'typo squatting,'" holding confusingly similar to complainant's WACHOVIA mark. The panel stated that "The practice of 'typosquatting' has been consistently regarded… as creating domain names confusingly similar to the relevant mark."
Because the Disputed Domain Name is a common and obvious misspelling of Complainant's A10 NETWORKS mark and company name, the Panel finds that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to Complainant's A10 and A10 NETWORKS marks.
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2018-02-14 - Case Details
The Complainant does not contend that the disputed domain name, , is identical to the Complainant's VIRGIN mark, only that it is confusingly similar to that mark. The Complainant argues that attaching a geographical term, such as Liberia, to an established mark still produces a confusingly similar domain name. ...D2007-0768 (finding to be confusingly similar to the PLAYBOY mark, while stating, "... the use of a famous mark in its entirety together with a geographic term in a domain name creates a domain name that is confusingly similar to the famous mark.").
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2017-07-13 - Case Details
The Respondent’s registration of domain names that are confusingly similar to that trademark is evidence that the Respondent was aware of that mark and the Complainant’s business. ...Ergo, the Panel must conclude that the addition of the descriptive term “cigars”, which is directly related to the Complainant’s business, does not prevent any of the disputed domain names from being considered confusingly similar to the APEX trademark. The Panel determines that they all are confusingly similar. See Nu Mark LLC v. ...
2018-07-25 - Case Details
D2017-0921 (finding one letter difference between the Complainant’s and the disputed domain name “quite minor” leading to the conclusion that “the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s proven trademarks”).
“Various cases have found domain names that were common mistyping of the marks at issue to be confusingly similar to the relevant marks.” ...D2018-2523,reaffirms this typosquatting principle by holding that the typosquatted domain name was confusingly similar to the trademark COSTCO.
This Panel finds that the disputed domain name is only one letter different in that the letter “s” is transposed from the Complainant’s trademark, and is therefore confusingly similar.
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2019-06-06 - Case Details
The Complainants’ assertions
The Complainant submits that the Respondent's domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the Complainant’s marks, for the following reasons:
- Respondent’s domain name is identical to
and confusingly similar to Complainant’s trademark and service mark SUNKIST
as well as confusingly similar to Complainant’s trade name SUNKIST GROWERS.
...The second requirement is that the domain name be identical or confusingly
similar to the marks. I conclude that the domain name is confusingly similar
to the Complainant’s marks. ...
2001-08-16 - Case Details
D2000-1007
(November 16, 2000) (finding to be confusingly similar to
SONY); Pfizer Inc. v. MyViagra/Wilbert Smith, WIPO
Case No. D2002-0463 (July 15, 2002) (finding to be
confusingly similar to VIAGRA).
...FA0206000114712 (August 18, 2002) ( found confusingly similar to GOOGLE); Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft v. Iggi Networks, Inc., NAF Case No. FA0107000098077 (August 17, 2001) ( found confusingly similar to VW).
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2003-10-17 - Case Details
Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
(a) Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Complainant owns two trademark registrations for the mark JAFRA in the United States. ...A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The first issue in this matter is whether the domain names , , , and are confusingly similar to the Complainant’s mark. ...
2006-08-15 - Case Details
“Domain names which constitute typo-squatting
are confusingly similar by definition; it is this similarity which makes them attractive.” Dell Computer Corp. ...Respondent
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2024-05-31 - Case Details
D2010-0722 (finding that a disputed domain name that adds one letter to the complainant's mark is confusingly similar because "an unsuspecting consumer would find the disputed domain name visually and phonetically similar and almost identical to the complainant's mark); Abbott Laboratories v. ...D2012 1737 (finding that the respondent's use of the domain names to display websites identical or substantially and confusingly similar to complainant's website indicates to the panel that respondent viewed the disputed domain names to be confusingly similar to complainant's trademark).
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2016-07-11 - Case Details
Tushar Sarin / Rockerzz, WIPO Case No.
DCO2015-0015 ( held confusingly similar to the AIRTEL trademark); Wachovia Corporation v.
Peter Carrington, WIPO Case No. D2002-0775 (, and
held virtually identical / confusingly similar to the WACHOVIA trademark); Backstreet Productions, Inc. v.
...D2001-0654 (, among other domain names, held confusingly similar to the
BACKSTREET BOYS trademark); ArcelorMittal (Société Anonyme) v. Name Redacted, WIPO Case No.
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2023-09-11 - Case Details