WIPO D2000-0662 · 2000
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Richard MacLeod d/b/a For Sale
Transferredwal-martsucks.com
In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Richard MacLeod d/b/a For Sale, D2000-0662 (WIPO, 2000), the panel held that a domain combining a trademark with 'sucks' is still confusingly similar under the policy, since the test asks only whether the domain includes the mark. Transfer was ordered for the registrant's bad faith attempt to sell it.
The parties
- Complainant
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Respondent
- Richard MacLeod d/b/a For Sale
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