WIPO D2000-1015 · 2000
Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Dan Parisi
Complaint deniedlockheedsucks.comlockheedmartinsucks.com
In Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Dan Parisi, D2000-1015 (WIPO, 2000), a majority of the panel held that adding 'sucks' to a mark can remove confusing similarity entirely, once the added word signals the site is not affiliated with the owner, and denied the complaint over dissent. It reaches the opposite result from Wal-Mart Stores v. MacLeod, D2000-0662.
The parties
- Complainant
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Respondent
- Dan Parisi
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Summarised by Gergana Dimitrova, who worked at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center from 2018 to 2021 and sits as a domain name panelist at the Czech Arbitration Court. Full background.
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