An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded the domain name FacebookConnect.com to Facebook.Facebook submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,on June 25,2012,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name .

Facebook owns many trademark registrations for the “Facebook” mark.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,the company contended in the complaint and managed to demonstrate that the respondent lacks rights and legitimate interests in respect of the “FacebookConnect.com” domain name.

The third element that Facebook managed to demonstrate was that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith:

“Complainant’s trademark registration(s) for FACEBOOK existed well before Respondent registered the at‑issue domain name. Given the fame of Complainant’s mark and Respondent’s use of the suggestive term “connect” along with the mark to form the at‑issue domain name, it is apparent that Respondent had actual knowledge of Complainant and Complainant’s FACEBOOK mark, at the time it registered . “

Having established all three elements,the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can read the decision here .