Microsoft Wins SkypeQA.com Domain Name in Arbitration

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has recently awarded the domain name SkypeQA.com to Microsoft.The company submitted the complaint on August 25,2014.

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in March,2014.

Microsoft owns many trademark registrations for the “Skype” mark all over the world.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar with its trademark .Moreover,the company contended in the complaint that the respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith .

The arbitrator assigned to the case ruled in favor of Microsoft,indicating that the company has full rights to the disputed domain name .The respondent’s loss was also partly due to the fact that he failed to submit a response in this proceeding ,accepting these way Microsoft’s allegations as fact .

You can read the decision here .