Verizon Wins Four Verizon-Related Domain Names in Arbitration

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has recently awarded four Verizon-related domain names to Verizon.The company submitted the complaint on November 7,2014.

The four disputed domain names are: verizonindycarseries.com,verizonindycarseries.info, verizonindycarseries.net and verizonindycarseries.org.

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

Verizon owns many trademark registrations for the “Verizon” mark all over the world.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain names are 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 names and that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith .

One of the key points of this complaint was when Verizon managed to demonstrate that “Respondent’s decision to allow competing advertisements, as well as other monetized advertising and his decision to have a similar website to the Champweb.net site, presumably with similar content, is suggestive of his aim to capitalize on the likelihood of Internet users’ confusion.”

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

You can read the decision here .