The Respondent's administrative contact enquired as to who the interested party was and invited the Complainant to contact him directly to negotiate on behalf of the Respondent company and informed the Complainant that he was currently negotiating on behalf of the Respondent for the sale of the domain name to Sony Music.
Respondent
The Respondent asserted and provided evidence in support of the following, which is accepted by the Panel.
...The Respondent informed the Complainant by email that it was the registered owner of the domain name and that the Respondent was negotiating to sell the domain name to Sony Music for USD $1,500,000 (their target) and USD $2,000,000 (our bottom). This was an obvious attempt by the Respondent to extort money from the Complainant to acquire the challenged domain name under the pretence of an actual or sham bid from Sony Music.
...
2000-09-25 - Case Details
D2003-0696; PepsiCo Inc v Diabetes Home Care and DHC Services,
WIPO Case No. D2001-0174; Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Kil Inja,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409; America Online Inc v. ...
2007-07-05 - Case Details
D2001-0026 (finding confusing similarity where the domain name in dispute contains the identical mark of the Complainant combined with a generic word or term); see also Sony Kabushiki Kaisha v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409 (finding that “[n]either the addition of an ordinary descriptive word...nor the suffix ‘.com’ detract from the overall impression of the dominant part of the name in each case, namely the trademark SONY” and thus Policy, paragraph 4 (a)(i) is satisfied).
...
2007-07-03 - Case Details
In the Panel’s view, the use of this descriptive word cannot prevent the Domain Name from being confusingly similar to the Trademark MAGIC TWISTY (see Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409; and F. ...
2012-11-29 - Case Details
The consensus view, with which the Panel concurs, is that “[n]either the addition of an ordinary descriptive word (either as prefix or suffix) nor the suffix ‘.com’ detract from the overall impression of the dominant part of the name in each case, namely the trademark […]”. Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409.
The Panel finds that Complainant has satisfied paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
...
2016-12-27 - Case Details
Dailey Wells Comm,
WIPO Case No. DCC2006-0005; Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM
Ericsson, Sony Corporation v. Netfreez, WIPO Case No. ...
2025-04-01 - Case Details
Diabetes Home Care, Inc. and DHC Services,
WIPO Case No. D2001-0174; Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409; America Online, Inc. v. ...
2016-06-06 - Case Details
D2000-1007)
where it was determined that the domain name was confusingly
similar to the Complainant’s trademark "Sony" in the following terms
: "The letters "my", to an English language reader, introduce the
concept of possessiveness. That which is possessed is the following letters,
namely "Sony", which is the Complainant’s trademark. The addition
of the letters "my" has the effect of focusing the reader’s attention
on the Complainant’s trademark. ...
2002-05-28 - Case Details
Momm Amed Ia, WIPO
Case No. D2001-1454, , or Sony Kabushiki Kaisha
(also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil, WIPO
Case No. D2000-1409. In this case there is no doubt that the combination
of the word "laboratories" with the distinctive trademark "SBC"
leads to confusion among Internet users.
...
2003-10-14 - Case Details
And while Internet users may not confuse the on-line pharmacy with Complainant’s
mark or website, there is a degree of initial interest confusion sufficient
to further establish bad faith usage of the disputed domain name by Respondent.
See Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB, Telefonaktiebolaget
LM Ericsson, Sony Corporation v. party Night Inc., WIPO
Case No. ...
2006-02-21 - Case Details
Therefore, the Panel finds that the disputed
domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant’s marks. See
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha v. Inja, Kil, WIPO
Case No. D2000-1409 (December 9, 2000) (finding that “[n]either the
addition of an ordinary descriptive word . . . nor the suffix ‘.com’
detract from the overall impression of the dominant part of the name in each
case, namely the trademark SONY” and thus Policy, paragraph 4(a)(i) is
satisfied).
...
2005-11-22 - Case Details
The descriptive and generic elements do not take away the overall impression the dominant part of the domain name, being the trademark, makes on the public (see Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG v. ...
2010-11-23 - Case Details
A domain name incorporating a trade mark in its entirety with the addition of non-distinctive prefixes and/or suffixes is considered confusingly similar to the trade mark (eg, Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409; Chanel Inc. v. ...
2010-07-09 - Case Details
There is furthermore no evidence that the disputed domain name bears a relationship
to any business or other activity of the Respondent, which indicates that the
Respondent has registered the domain name at issue primarily for the purpose
of disrupting the business of the Complainant and therefore without good faith.
Reference is made to panel decision Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as
Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil, WIPO Case
No. D2000-1409.
B. ...
2004-04-19 - Case Details
Roxanne International,
WIPO Case No. D2007-0385; Sony Kabushiki Kaisha aka Sony Corporation v. Sony Holland,
WIPO Case No. D2008-1025.
The Panel concludes that Respondent, refraining from entering a Response, has failed (1) to provide the substantial proof required to establish that “Danonino” was his nickname, to prove he was commonly known by the disputed domain name under Policy paragraph 4(c)(ii), or (2) to rebut Complainant's prima facie case.
...
2009-02-16 - Case Details
Photocom Korea,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1330. See also Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409 (“Neither the addition of an ordinary descriptive word...nor the suffix ‘.com’ detract from the overall impression of the dominant part of the name in each case, namely the trademark SONY” and thus Policy, Paragraph 4(a)(i) is satisfied”).
...
2007-06-07 - Case Details
The mere addition of a common
term or phrase such as “infor” to the EUROCLEAR mark is of no import
or significance. See, e.g., Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation)
v. Inja, Kil, WIPO Case No. D2000-1409
(addition of ordinary descriptive word as prefix or suffix to a world-famous
mark such as SONY does not detract from overall impression of the dominant part
of the name, the famous mark); America Online, Inc. v. ...
2005-10-07 - Case Details
Past panel decisions on this subject, including Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sony Corporation v. ...
2007-05-30 - Case Details
It has been recognized in previous cases under the Policy that where such a distinctive and well-known mark is incorporated in its entirety within a domain name, the addition of one or more generic words will not distinguish that domain name from the mark (see, for example, Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409). Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark.
...
2008-09-10 - Case Details
“The addition of ‘my’ is not sufficient to avoid confusion.” Sony Kabushiki Kaisha also trading as Sony Corporation v. Sin, Eonmok,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1007.
The Panel finds that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant has rights. ...
2007-12-10 - Case Details