The relevant part of the disputed domain name is “michelinstarrestaurants”, as it is well established in
previous UDRP decisions that the added Top-Level Domain (“TLD”) – being a required element of every
domain name – may be disregarded when assessing whether or not a domain name is identical or
confusingly similar to a trademark.
The Panel finds that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s MICHELIN
trademark. ...Respondent
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2022-06-09 - Case Details
The Panel finds that all three of these elements have been met in this case.
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
This element requires the Panel to consider two issues: first, whether the Complainant has rights in a
relevant mark; and, second, whether the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to that
mark. ...Respondent
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2022-07-05 - Case Details
The third element a complainant must establish
is that the domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy requires that the Complainant establish that the disputed domain name is
identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights.
...Respondent
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2022-03-09 - Case Details
The Panel is also prepared to find that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s
trademark VELUX. The Panel has had little difficulty in finding that the disputed domain name is confusingly
similar to the trademark VELUX, as the Complainant’s trademark VELUX is clearly recognizable in the
disputed domain name.
...Respondent
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2022-03-21 - Case Details
Firstly, according to the Complainant, the Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to its Trademarks. The Domain Name fully incorporates the Complainant’s Trademarks with the addition of the generic term “supportnumber”. ...The Panel will deal with each of the requirements in turn.
A. Identical of Confusingly Similar
Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy requires the Complainant to show that the Domain Name is (i) identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark, (ii) in which the Complainant has rights.
...
2022-02-28 - Case Details
There is
no need to discuss in detail that using a confusingly similar domain name for redirecting visitors to a
competitor’s website constitutes bad faith under the Policy. ...Respondent
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2023-01-10 - Case Details
The third element a complainant must establish
is that the domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
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A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy requires that the Complainant establish that the disputed domain name is
identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights.
...The disputed domain name has been found to be confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark THEA,
and the disputed domain name resolves to a PPC website offering links to websites of competitors of the
Complainant. ...
2022-08-16 - Case Details
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Complainant must demonstrate that it has rights in a trademark or service mark and, if so, the Domain Name must be shown to be identical or confusingly similar to that mark.
...D2005-0457), it does not generally affect the analysis under the first element of the Policy for the purpose of determining whether a domain name is identical or confusingly similar; indeed, the TLD is a necessary technical component of a domain name.
Thus, the Panel finds that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Trademark.
...
2021-04-29 - Case Details
Complainant
Complainant contends, in relevant part, as follows:
- The Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the ROPES & GRAY Trademark because it “incorporates the Complainant’s trademark in its entirety with the only differences being the exclusion of the ampersand, the addition of the hyphen, and the addition of three letters (‘llp’), which conveys a type of business organization, to the end of the mark” and “[t]he addition of ‘llp’ to a mark has been found as confusingly similar in many cases...Policy, paragraph 4(a).
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Based upon the trademark registration cited by Complainant, it is apparent that Complainant has rights in and to the ROPES & GRAY Trademark.
...
2021-06-17 - Case Details
The third element a complainant must establish
is that the domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
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A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy requires that the Complainant establish that the disputed domain name is
identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights.
...See section 1.8 of the WIPO Overview 3.0.
The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark as it includes the
Complainant’s trademark entirely combined with the term “investment”. ...
2022-12-13 - Case Details
Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
(i) Identical or Confusingly Similar
Complainant contends that the Domain Name is on its face confusingly similar to both Complainant’s domain name , and Complainant’s DEWBERRY service marks. ...iii) Registered and Used in Bad Faith
Complainant states that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to its domain name, , and was registered by people who neither do business as Dewberry nor have Dewberry as part of their name. ...
2021-09-03 - Case Details
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Under paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy, there are two requirements which the complainant must establish, first that it has rights in a trademark or service mark, and second that the disputed domain names are identical or confusingly similar to the trademark or service mark.
...The Panel finds that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark. The mere addition of the misspelled dictionary word “group” is not sufficient to eliminate confusion.
...
2021-12-06 - Case Details
Complainant
The Complainant alleges that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its CALIBER HOME LOANS mark because the disputed domain name is the same except for the fact that it introduces a typographical error, in which the letter “m” is changed to “r” followed by “n.” ...D2021-2512 (finding the respondent’s replacement of the letter “i” with an “I” confusingly similar to the complainant’s trademark BVLGARI).
In view of the above, the Panel finds that the Complainant has proven that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s mark. ...
2021-11-05 - Case Details
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Accordingly, the Panel will consolidate the Complainants.
B. Identical or Confusingly Similar
This element requires the Panel to consider two issues: first, whether the Complainants have rights in a
relevant mark; and second, whether the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to that
mark. ...Accordingly, the Panel will consolidate the Complainants.
B. Identical or Confusingly Similar
C. Rights or Legitimate Interests
D. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2023-03-01 - Case Details
This means that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar with the Complainant’s trademark and
hence the first element of the Policy has been fulfilled.
...Respondent
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
7. Decision...
2023-04-17 - Case Details
These elements are discussed as set forth below
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Numerous ICANN UDRP decisions have recognized that incorporating a trademark in its entirety can be sufficient to establish that a domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a registered trademark. ...The Panel finds that the Disputed Domain Name, , which incorporates Complainant’s VW and R32 trademarks in their entirety, is confusingly similar to those trademarks. When a domain name contains two registered trademarks, such as here, that domain name is deemed confusingly similar to the trademarks at issue. ...
2013-06-24 - Case Details
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Complainant clearly holds rights in the registered marks RUGBY WORLD CUP and RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011. The next issue under this head is whether the Domain Name is confusingly similar to these marks. The Panel concludes that the Domain Name may be somewhat similar to these marks, but not confusingly so. ...
2011-11-14 - Case Details
Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Complainant owns many trademark registrations for the trademark TYSON in the U.S. ...A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Panel finds that the Complainant does have trademark rights in the mark TYSON by virtue of U.S. ...
2011-12-14 - Case Details
D2005-0652 (observing that “a domain name is ‘identical or confusingly similar’ to a trademark for purposes of the Policy when the domain name includes the trademark, or confusingly similar approximation, regardless of the other terms in the domain name”).
The Panel finds that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant’s trademark and that the requirements of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy have been satisfied.
...
2012-01-26 - Case Details
Parties’ Contentions
A. Complainant
1. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Complainant owns the two U.S. trademark registrations referenced above for online retail sales of watches: WORLD OF WATCHES and WORLDOFWATCHES.COM, which issued in 2000 and 2001. ...In the Panel’s view, whether or not the domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant’s marks presents a somewhat close question. Contrary to Complainant’s assertion, the domain name does not incorporate the entirety of Complainant’s marks. ...
2012-03-21 - Case Details