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- There is no reason why a search engine such as Google would include the Domain Name in the results of search queries.
- Employees of Respondent’s customers who try to reply to a test email referencing the Domain Name receive an error message that the message was not delivered because the domain name could not be found...
2021-08-11 - Case Details
The Complainant notes that the Respondent does not hold any rights in a trademark corresponding to the
disputed domain name, and that it does not fulfill any of the criteria set out in paragraph 4(c) of the Policy,
adding that the Complainant has not authorized, licensed or otherwise permitted the Respondent to register
or use the disputed domain name nor any sign that is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademarks,
and that the disputed domain name has been registered and is being used for commercial gain due to its
being offered for sale at an amount that is more than the Respondent’s reasonable out-of- pocket expenses
in relation to its acquisition. The Complainant adds that a simple search on “Google” for its trademark
(screenshot evidence provided – search conducted from “España 28029, Madrid”) and likewise a similar
search for the term “naturegy” (evidence not provided) shows only results linked to the Complainant and its
business activity, making it implausible for the Respondent to argue that it is commonly known by the
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disputed domain name. ...
2026-03-03 - Case Details
A mere mention of the said name/mark establishes an identity and connection with the Complainant and none else.” That statement seems to be based on a Google search conducted in 2010 and it tells us nothing about the status of the name in 2001 when the domain name was registered.
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2011-03-31 - Case Details
A basic search of the USPTO trademark database would have made Respondent aware of Complainant’s trademark registration. A Google search would have led Respondent to Complainant’s commercial website where a notice of Complainant’s trademark registration is incorporated in its prominent top banner. ...
2012-10-15 - Case Details
The descriptiveness of “Sun Casino” is evidenced by the overwhelming use of “Sun Casino” in the gaming industry. A Google search undertaken by the Respondent for this term resulted in 220,000 results of which the Complainant was not even in the first 100 results.
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2010-10-25 - Case Details
The acronym “ceat” is clearly well established, as the un-contradicted evidence is that it is in wide use as an acronym and as an abbreviation: according to the evidence, a Google search has shown over 12 and a half million third party results, which show that the word or grouping of letters is subject to wide use unconnected to the Complainant, although many other uses, of course, relate to the Complainant. ...
2012-03-05 - Case Details
The domain name is not itself a dictionary word, and even a cursory search on search engines like Yahoo! or Google would have shown that CREDITKEEPER was the Complainant’s trademark.15
Paragraph 2 of the Policy implicitly requires some good faith effort to avoid registering and using domain names corresponding to trademarks in violation of the Policy. ...
2007-06-11 - Case Details
Rather than negotiate in good faith the Complainant is attempting to hijack the domain name and business of the Respondent.
6. A Google search results in finding over 11 million “Sutton” websites. A cursory review turns up other domain names more in conflict with the Complainants claims than the Disputed Domain Name. ...
2005-07-28 - Case Details
While Complainant asserts that use of its IBM mark in the Domain Name is confusing for Internet
users, Respondent argues this assertion is the opposite of what the Google search results demonstrate.
Instead, according to Respondent, Internet users confronted with the term IBM PC are almost universally
intending to find websites about that era of computing, rather than any computer-related products associated
with Complainant.
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2022-06-03 - Case Details
Both applications were accepted on July 9, 2020, and are currently awaiting advertisement.
On May 16, 2020, Google first indexed the disputed domain name as resolving to a website. The Complainant provided a screenshot, dated June 7, 2020, showing the website resolving from the disputed domain name. ...
2020-11-06 - Case Details
Este hecho fue además confirmado por el Experto en una búsqueda realizada en Google, en la que se observó que al incluir la palabra “Betplay” en los términos de búsqueda, los resultados dirigían a la Demandante y en toda la observación que se hizo, no se encontró referencia alguna al Demandado.
3. ...
2019-01-08 - Case Details
General Income Tax and Benefit Guides instruct taxpayers to make
cheques for balances owing payable to the "Receiver General". A Google
search for RECEIVER-GENERAL conducted in March 2001, indicated some 11,100 references
to Receiver General, the majority of which appear to relate to the Receiver
General for Canada. ...
2001-07-11 - Case Details
Inherent in Wildfire’s reputation, and the value of the IRONARC mark, is its recognition and wealth of media attention. To that end, search engines Google and Yahoo! including the phrase “ironarc” return hundreds of websites, articles, press releases and links to Complainant’s site.
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2008-02-07 - Case Details
Yet, Respondent failed to determine whether an expiring domain name including the term “international” might be a trademarked term. Second, a Google search on the term “international wine accessories” reveals that the first 16 of 20 references are references to Complainant. ...
2008-06-05 - Case Details
But even if the question were left to a matter of evidence, the Panel finds that the material submitted by the Respondent, namely the dictionary definitions of ‘Post’ and the fact that the Respondent’s Google search yielded 972 million web pages containing the word ‘Post’ without ‘Deutsch or ‘DHL’ show conclusively as a matter of evidence that ‘Post’ is a generic word.
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2006-03-16 - Case Details
The Respondent notes that multiple websites reference the British Open Championship and where it is held
without suggesting that the websites are owned by the golf club hosting the event.
The Respondent submits that a Google search for the term “Royal Portrush” shows the Complainant’s
website as ranked first in the search results, while the Respondent’s home page is only shown halfway down
the second page of results with a search engine description that it is a fan site for the Complainant’s club.
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2025-09-23 - Case Details
The Panel is unable to attribute any significance to the Respondent’s claim that he has been working through
Sonyzee Solutions Private Limited on the development of an app called YOYOSM. He has provided a single
Google Play screenshot showing an app of this name, apparently last updated on December 29, 2020. It
appears to be an online shopping app offered by “Sonyzee Solutions Pvt Ltd” with over a thousand
downloads. ...
2023-06-02 - Case Details
Today's Internet user knows that search engines, such as "Hotbot,"
"Lycos," and "Google," provide a quick, free and reliable way to locate a business'
website when its exact Internet address in not known. ...
2001-07-03 - Case Details
The domain name was used as a genus search term to display Google Adsense advertising links, much as the domain name in dispute was used in the present case). Mariah Media Inc. v. ...
2007-11-26 - Case Details