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posted by mpawlo
on Thursday December 12, @03:44AM
from the trademark-expansion dept.
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Swedish company Vin & Sprit won title to several domain names yesterday. The domain names in question are:
absolut-porno-star.com
absolut-sesso-immagini.com
absolut-video-hard.com
Absolut is a generic Swedish word meaning "absolute". It used by Vin & Sprit to sell and market vodka.
The panel concludes:
'The Respondent hosts adult sex sites on the disputed domain names. This activity seems not to be illegal and it may constitute a bona fide offering of goods or services. However, the use of the Complainant’s trademark in those domain names is clearly not a bona fide use of the domain name. The use of somebody else’s trademark in a domain name attracts Internet users looking for information, products or services associated with the trademark. Even if a visitor will soon realize that he is not visiting an official website of the rightful trademark owner, the Respondent will already have diverted the visitor attention to his own activities. Such behaviour cannot be considered bona fide offering of goods or services. It creates the confusion or leads to the dilution of a trademark.'
Read the decision from the WIPO panel.
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