An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded MicrosoftSlate.org domain name to Microsoft. The company submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on January 20,2012,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name.

Microsoft owns many trademark registrations for the "Microsoft" mark.Moreover,the company owns a number of domain names,including Microsoft.org,Microsoft.net,Microsoft.co.uk, which contain the Microsoft trade mark,all of which resolve to Microsoft.com website.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.

The company stated in the complaint that the domain name was registered and used in bad faith:

"Respondent's website is currently a holding page. However, Respondent has stated that he intends to use the disputed domain name to import and distribute Complainant's Windows Slate product due to enter the marketplace in 2012. Even if Respondent were not to use the disputed domain name but simply to hold the disputed domain name, previous UDRP panels have found that the registration and holding of domain names which is confusingly similar to well- known trademarks constitutes evidence of bad faith registration and use ."

The Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

Source from domainnews.com

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