MGM Resort has recently filed lawsuits against two companies and four individuals over seven casino,poker domain names,that they believe are infringing their trademark .
According to whois records the seven domain names were registered many years ago.The domain names in question are :circuscircuspoker.com, bellagioonlinepoker.com, luxorpoker.com, excaliburpoker.com, ariapoker.com, mgmpoker.com and mandalaybayonlinepoker.com.
MGM Resort filed the lawsuits Thursday in a federal court in Las Vegas,asseting legal rights over them.MGM contended in the complaint that the registrants tried to profit from the fame,goodwill and consumer recognition of their mark .
“The defendants have done nothing more than tack on the descriptive terms ‘poker’ or ‘online poker’ to each of the MGM marks to form the domain names. Accordingly, there is no question that the domain names are confusingly similar to the MGM marks,”said MGM’s attorney,according to Pokernewsreport.com .
The names of the companies and the individuals who registered the domain names are :
- Shahram Kolahza
- Evan Krentzman of Woodland Hills
- Roberto Ciamillo
- Adam Majewski
- PokerSons
- RevNet
