that incorporated the word apple with a view to taking advantage of the association of that term either with computers or the well known music publishing company The fact that the domain name might also have been capable of being used in

een SALORA fotolijst en een APPLE IPOD SHUFFLE muziekspeler Zoals hieruit blijkt worden er niet enkel TOMTOM navigatiesystemen verstrekt bij het afsluiten van een verzekering maar ook andere producten Om dan voor de Domeinnaam te kiezen komt

known businesses for example apple-bees.com cimbalta.com drudgeerport.com facebooktv.com firefoxinstall.com jaydenjames.com monsteramazon.com nikon-cameras.com saksonline.com stonephillips.com stratocastor.com wikipediamobile.com xboxlivex.com

including Motorola Nokia Apple and LG The website also provided a means by which end users could search for links to competitor sites of the Complainant The Complainant issued a cease and desist letter on January 22 2009 requiring the transfer

have a right to a domain name apple if it uses it for a site for apples but not if the site is aimed at selling computers or pornography In the present case the Panel holds that the Respondent has failed to show that he is likely to use the

is not a consumer brand like APPLE LOUIS VUITTON or JOHNNIE WALKER YARA may be a very well known mark in the broad agricultural communities in which consumers of the Complainant products are to be found The Panel concludes from the foregoing that

WIPO Case No D2004-0391 Apple Amazon Time Coke and Delta are all generic words which are famous trademarks The Complainant has further provided the Panel with evidence of the popularity of their JACKASS television series JACKASS movies and

Cases The Coryn Group Inc Apple Vacations West Inc v V.S International WIPO Case No D2003-0664 and Sony Corporation v John Stewart Last Dragon Domains Limited WIPO Case No D2008-0812 The Domain Name Has Been Registered or Is Being Used In Bad

a business in 1994 selling Apple computer products and products to be used with Apple computers under the name Small Dog Electronics Don Mayer registered SMALL DOG ELECTRONICS as a trade name with the State of Vermont Trade Name Registration No

are dictionary terms e.g APPLE computers GATEWAY computers TIME magazine PEOPLE magazine SPRITE soda The important point is that YAHOO is an arbitrary mark as applied to Yahoo s Internet-related services and is therefore an inherently

equivalent of using apple to sell apples However the Panel is faced with a situation where Complainant holds valid service marks issued by the Spanish trademark authorities Can ANDALUCIA be said to be the dominant feature of those marks

party trademark registration appleradio.com Canadian trademark registration No.TMA263265 for the trademark APPLE registered in the name of Apple Inc ipod-video.com Canadian trademark registration No TMA600721 for the trademark IPOD registered in

of many trade marks The word apple for example is a famous trade mark used by two quite separate entities in respect of computers and music as well as being an ordinary English word for a type of fruit 6.8 In a case of trade mark infringement the

s domain name see also Apple Computer Inc v Apple-Computer FA 535416 Nat Arb Forum September 22 2005 ordering transfer of apple-computers.us in part because the domain name fully incorporated the complainant s mark In the present case the

in The Coryn Group Inc Apple Vacations West Inc v V.S International WIPO Case No D2003-0664 which is said to be authority for the proposition that the registration of a domain name that intentionally misspells another domain name does not

s domain name see also Apple Computer Inc v Apple-Computer c/o Marcus Grey FA 535416 Nat Arb Forum September 22 2005 ordering transfer of apple-computers.us in part because the domain name fully incorporated the complainant s mark A weak

arbitration forum DECISION Apple Inc v LAKSH INTERNET SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Claim Number FA0805001195659 PARTIES Complainant is Apple Inc Complainant represented by Matthew R Mills of Arent Fox LLP Washington D.C USA Respondent is LAKSH

which is called Green Apple Cleaners and Complainant provided a copy of an extract from the Green Apple website which describes Mr Kistner s creation of Green Apple Cleaners and which bears his signature Thus it is Complainant s contention

Arbitration Forum DECISION Apple Inc v Nelia Bahktina Claim Number FA0804001178697 PARTIES Complainant is Apple Inc Complainant represented by Matthew R Mills of Arent Fox LLP Washington DC USA Respondent is Nelia Bahktina Respondent represented

assertions Respondent s applevacatoins.com domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant s APPLE VACATIONS mark Respondent does not have any rights or legitimate interests in the applevacatoins.com domain name Respondent registered and