Yale University has filed a UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).The whois records for the domain name shows a registration date of 2012 .

The Panel will examine three elements in order to decide if the disputed domain name should be cancelled or transferred :

1. The disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Yale University has rights

2. The respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name

3. The respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith

YaleInvestments.com will be passed over to Yale University if it falls under all three of these stipulations.

The case is still pending compliance checks with the World Intellectual Property Organization.

An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has recently awarded the domain name BrandYahoo.com to Yahoo .The company submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on March 15, 2013 ,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name .

Yahoo owns many trademark registrations for the “Yahoo” 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 .

One of the key points of this complaint was when Yahoo managed to demonstrate that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name bad faith,by trying to direct Internet users to a webpage offering for sale counterfeit products .

Yahoo managed to establish all three elements required under the ICANN Policy and the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can read the decision here .