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Likelihood Confusion

Likelihood Confusion (Property · This Administrative Panel does not accept) — "the Complainant’s contention that the linking of the domain name to the “GunBrok…

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  • Whether linking the domain name to GunBroker.com established bad-faith registration and use
  • The Complainant alleged that the linking intentionally attracted Internet users for commercial gain by creating confusion with the STING mark
  • The alleged conduct corresponded to paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Uniform Policy
  • The Complainant provided no evidence concerning the contents of the GunBroker.com site
  • The absence of such evidence failed to establish confusion concerning the site’s source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement
  • The Respondent admitted that the domain name pointed to GunBroker.com for a period of time
  • The Respondent provided evidence that the linking resulted from an error by the web service provider
  • The evidence was consistent with no intentional attempt to attract users for commercial gain
  • The Complainant failed to satisfy its burden of proof on this issue
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Likelihood Confusion

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"the Complainant’s contention that the linking of the domain name to the “GunBroker.com” web site constituted intentionally attempting to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to an on-line location by creating a likelihood of confusion with the STING mark as to source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement, and so constitutes an activity which corresponds to that listed in paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Uniform Policy as evidence of bad faith registration and use of the domain name. Again, the Complainant provided no evidence in support of this contention. In particular, the Complainant provided no evidence as to the contents of the “GunBroker.com” sit e, and thus no evidence establishing that a likelihood of confusion with the STING mark was created as to source, sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of the site. The Respondent admitted that the domain name did point to the “GunBroker.com” site for a period of time, but provided evidence to the effect that this was due to an error on the part of the Respondent’s web service provider. The evidence is therefore consistent with the Respondent’s contention that there was no intentional attempt to attract internet users for commercial gain. Once again, the Complainant has failed to satisfy its burden of proof on this point."

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