Pepsicofinanceeurope.com Domain Name in Arbitration:
An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has recently awarded the domain name Pepsicofinanceeurope.com to PepsiCO.The company submitted the complaint on October 6, 2015.
According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in November,2014
PepsiCO owns many trademark registrations for the “Pepsi” mark all over the world.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is 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 name and that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith .
One of the key points of this complaint was when PepsiCO managed to demonstrate that the respondent used the domain name to gather “customer information using the Complainant’s PEPSI mark. The use shows actual knowledge of the Complainant’s PEPSI mark and use of it to deceive Internet users into giving up their data which can be sold or otherwise misused for profit.”
PepsiCO managed to establish all three elements required under the ICANN Policy and the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
(Written by domainnews)