Google Files Complaint for Five Youtube-related Domain Names

Google,has recently filed a complaint against the owner of five Youtube-related domain names,,seeking control of it.

The five domain names are : Youtubeonfire.com, Youtubeonsale.com, Youtubemainpage.com, Youtubesosexy.com and Youtubeon.com.

Google filed the complaint with the National Arbitration Forum in February,2015.

According to whois records, Youtubeonfire.com was first registered in September 2012, Youtubeonsale.com was first registered in March,2014 , Youtubemainpage.com was first registered in July,2013 ,Youtubesosexy.com was first registered in July, 2013 , while Youtubeon.com was first registered in January, 2014.

The National Arbitration Forum will examine over the next days if the domain names are confusingly similar to Google’s trademark,if the current owner has rights over it and if the domains are being used in bad faith . The disputed domain names will be passed over to Google if it falls under all three of these stipulations.

At the time of writing this article, the case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum.