similar to the complainant �s APPLE VACATIONS mark to redirect Internet users to third party commercial websites featuring travel services in direct competition with the complainant �s travel business is not a bona fide offering of goods and

The Coryn Group Inc Apple Vacations West Inc v John A Meara aka Pat Cavanaugh WIPO Case No. D2003-0690 The Respondent might say that it has rebutted that presumption in its Response But it has not The registration of the mark and its

bulbs of various types While Apple may have a trademark for Apple for computers it has no rights to stop others from using apple or apple.com to sell apples see also Meat & Livestock Comm n v Pearce D2003-0645 WIPO Oct 27 2003 Given that the term

to appear in a dictionary e.g APPLE computers In this situation the majority of the Panel concludes that the BAILIWICK mark is entitled to relatively broad protection because it is a strong distinctive mark in conjunction with IT services The

registration and use of apple.com for information about produce would be considered confusingly similar to the trademark of Apple the computer company This is not a common sense reading of the language of the Policy is not in agreement with

� See The Coryn Group Inc and Apple Vacations East Inc v Azra Khan WIPO Case No. D2003-0655 The Respondent �s actions may also well be a crime but the Panel believes any possible criminal aspect of the Respondent �s conduct lies beyond the bounds

law The Coryn Group Inc Apple Vacations West Inc v John A Meara aka Pat Cavanaugh WIPO Case No D2003-0690 The Respondent has not submitted any evidence to rebut these presumptions of validity It is well-established that the gTLD extension

law The Coryn Group Inc Apple Vacations West Inc v John A Meara aka Pat Cavanaugh WIPO Case No D2003-0690 The Respondent has not submitted any evidence to rebut these presumptions of validity It is well-established that the gTLD extension

name registered by Respondent apple-computers.us is confusingly similar to Complainant s APPLE mark Respondent does not have any rights or legitimate interests in the apple-computers.us domain name Respondent registered and/or used the

Forum NAF Case No FA473209 APPLE VACATIONS Sotheby �s v Forum LLC NAF Case No FA409449 SOTHEBY �S Woodfield Licensing Corp v Forum LLC NAF Case No FA405064 WOODFIELD SUITES Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc v Forum LLC NAF Case No FA406631

accommodations under the APPLE VACATIONS mark Complainant has used the APPLE VACATIONS mark in commerce since 1979 Complainant has also sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of travel packages under the APPLE VACATIONS mark and has

said industry area such as Apple Cisco Systems Dell Hewlett-Packard IBM Motorola and Sony Ericsson The revenue for the year ending 2004 was approximately 2.4 billion Complainant contends that the disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to

land hershey candy candy apple candy stores sugar free candy wholesale candy lifesavers candy candy co candy wholesale candy hearts candy shop candy list m & m candy wonka candy candy barr candy cruncher retro candy strange candy old fashioned

law The Coryn Group Inc Apple Vacations West Inc v John A Meara aka Pat Cavanaugh WIPO Case No D2003-0690 The Respondent has not submitted any evidence to rebut these presumptions of validity The Complainant has been successful in other

the clothing line �s name Apple Bottoms � and coined that name as a phrase with an eye toward paying tribute to the female figure � This apparently was the inception of the APPLE BOTTOMS Marks Today Apple Bottoms clothing enjoys world-wide

Policy Paragraph 4 a iii See Apple Corps Ltd v LOVEARTH.net FA 98812 Nat Arb Forum Sept 25 2001 finding bad faith registration and use of domain names because the respondent registered the names to attract Beatles fans to his website and has

s competitors including Apple Computers iPod Store and Fujitsu Such competing use is not a use in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services pursuant to Policy Paragraph 4 c i or a legitimate noncommercial or fair use pursuant

in the generic domain name apple.com compared to the famous character of the Apple-trademark of the respective computer company except possibly in certain circumstances where the generic word describes respondent �s bona fide business or is

Jacobs Respondent 69 Mountain Apple Rd Tajique NM 87057 REGISTRAR AND DISPUTED DOMAIN NAMES The domain names at issue are car-loan-mart.com home-loan-mart.com auto-loans-mart.com payday-loans-mart.com badcreditautoloanmart.com

similar to Complainant s APPLE VACATIONS mark because Respondent s domain name incorporates Complainant s mark omits the space between the words apple and vacation and omits the letter p from the word apple in the mark These minor omissions do