The Complainant further contends that the Respondent is engaging in typosquatting, relying on mistakes made by Internet users to direct Internet traffic intended for the Complainant’s website to the Respondent’s site.
...Thirdly, the Panel finds that the Respondent has engaged in typosquatting,
as discussed in section 6.A. above. Typosquatting may in certain circumstances
constitute compelling evidence of bad faith itself (see Primedia Magazine
Finance, Inc. v. ...
2006-09-11 - Case Details
In these circumstances, this Panel takes into account
previous UDRP decisions relating to this practice of “typosquatting”
e.g. Bang & Olufsen a/s v. Unasi Inc., WIPO
Case No. D2005-0627 where experts deem the “typosquatting” to
constitute confusing similarity.
Furthermore, Respondent’s expertise in typosquatting
has been duly probed in previous domain name decisions e.g. Marionnaud Parfumeries
v. Balata Inc, WIPO Case No. ...
2005-11-25 - Case Details
Shep Dog, WIPO Case No. D2004-1069 (finding
typosquatting to be evidence of bad faith domain name registration); Lexar Media, Inc. v. Huang, WIPO
Case No. D2004-1039 (“Typosquatting has been held under the Policy to be evidence of bad faith
registration of a domain name.”); Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. ...
2025-05-01 - Case Details
The Panel’s finding is reinforced given the addition of the term “law” to the typosquatting variation of the Complainant’s mark, seeing as the added term is descriptive of the Complainant’s services.
...Kiran Mehta,
WIPO Case No. D2021-2799.
It is well established that typosquatting is evidence of bad faith under the Policy. See ZB, N.A. v. Domains By Proxy, LLC / Carolina Rodrigues, Fundacion Comercio Electronico,
WIPO Case No. ...
2022-01-26 - Case Details
As the disputed domain names differ from the Complainant's trademark by one to four letters the disputed domain names are a typical example of typosquatting. See RX America, L.L.C. v. Tony Rodolakis,
WIPO Case No. D2005-1190.
The practice of typosquatting intentionally takes advantage of Internet users who inadvertently type an incorrect address – often a misspelling of the complainant's trademark – when seeking to access the trademark owner's website. ...Tony Rodolakis, supra (referring to intentional misspellings as "typosquatting", which "has consistently been regarded as creating domain names that are confusingly similar to the relevant mark"). ...
2016-11-18 - Case Details
The Complainant refers to previous UDRP decisions which state that “typosquatting” is a strong indication for a confusing similarity, the lack of rights or legitimate interests of the respondent and for bad faith registration and use.
...The last point in particular provides considerably strong evidence that, in the case at hand, the transposition of the two letters constitutes a practice of so called “typosquatting”. In this regard, reference is made to various UDRP panel decisions indicating that “typosquatting” domain names are characterized as providing “essential” or “virtual” identity respectively being confusingly similar to the trademarks that have been “squatted” (see, inter alia, Comerica Incorporated v. ...
2014-07-15 - Case Details
Further, previous UDRP panels have found that if a respondent has engaged in typosquatting, that is sufficient to establish registration and use in bad faith (Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. v. ...The Panel agrees with this view.
This is a clear case of typosquatting, having regard to the number of Disputed Domain Names and the minor differences between them and the Trade Mark. ...
2015-10-29 - Case Details
Shep Dog, WIPO
Case No. D2004-1069 (finding typosquatting to be evidence of bad faith domain name registration); Lexar
Media, Inc. v. Michael Huang, WIPO Case No. D2004-1039 (“Typosquatting has been held under the Policy
to be evidence of bad faith registration of a domain name”); Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. ...
2022-12-28 - Case Details
With regard to bad faith registration, the Complainant states first that this is a classic case of typosquatting. Typosquatting can be defined as “inherently parasitic and of itself evidence of bad faith”. ...As noted above, the disputed domain name is a form of typosquatting. It is the view of the Panel that “typosquatting is virtually per se registration and use in bad faith. ...
2011-12-22 - Case Details
Complainant asserts that this is a case of “typosquatting”. “Typosquatting consists of taking advantage of common misspellings made by Internet users who are looking for a particular site of a particular provider of goods or services, in order to obtain some benefit therefrom.” ...Accordingly, there is insufficient evidence to characterize this as a case of “typosquatting”.
Nevertheless, the disputed domain name consists of Complainant’s MERCK mark with the generic word “on” appended to the end, plus the “.com” gTLD. ...
2010-09-02 - Case Details
The large and unpleasant record of the Respondent shows that typosquatting
is for him an organized and deliberate practice, that he considers as a legitimate
and fair way to do business. ...Previous decision of other panels considered also the typosquatting practice
as a manifestation of bad faith:
"Respondent’s use of these domain names to divert users to unrelated advertisements
is classic bad faith. ...
2004-02-20 - Case Details
The Complainant contends that the Respondent is engaged in typosquatting in order to divert Internet traffic to the Respondent's website, which features advertising links to other websites offering motivational products competing with those of the Complainant.
...Further, this is strongly evocative of the practice commonly referred to as “typosquatting” – the intentional registration and use of a domain name that is a common misspelling of a distinctive mark. ...
2010-08-02 - Case Details
The Panel considers this to be a clear case of “typosquatting”. The majority of the disputed domain names only differ from the Complainant’s trademark by changing one letter. ...Previous panels have found that a finding of “typosquatting” is sufficient to establish use and registration in bad faith (Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. v. ...
2010-09-29 - Case Details
D2008-0691, (reversal of the letters “o” and “r” represents typosquatting supporting inference of bad faith and shifting the burden to Respondent); see easyGroup IP Licensing Limited v. ...The Respondent, having failed to file a response, has made no attempt to rebut the allegation of typosquatting. Additionally, the Panel cannot conceive of any other plausible use of this typosquatting Domain Name, lending support to an inference of bad faith. ...
2018-07-06 - Case Details
The spelling errors used in typosquatting have been found to produce domain
names that are confusingly similar to the marks which they mimic. ...Longo, WIPO Case No. D2004-0816 (“[typosquatting] is presumptive of registration
in bad faith”)). Typosquatting can be defined as “inherently parasitic and of itself evidence of bad faith”.
...
2022-08-30 - Case Details
Shep Dog, WIPO Case No.
D2004-1069 (Finding typosquatting to be evidence of bad faith domain name registration); Lexar Media, Inc.
v. Huang, WIPO Case No. D2004-1039 (“Typosquatting has been held under the Policy to be evidence of
bad faith registration of a domain name”); Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. ...
2022-08-09 - Case Details
According to the Complainant the Respondent has engaged in typosquatting to take advantage of users seeking to find the Complainant's website at the domain name , and the services offered at that site, but who mistakenly type the disputed domain name.
...It is apparent in the circumstances that this is a typical case of typosquatting which is an activity characterized by bad faith reliance on consumer error.
Therefore the Panel holds that the disputed domain name was registered and used in bad faith.
7. ...
2016-07-19 - Case Details
As far as bad faith is concerned, the Complainant says that this amounts to a case of typosquatting of its
mark, which is very well-reputed in India and elsewhere, and that it amounts to opportunistic bad faith on the
part of the Respondent. ...The Respondent has failed to respond to or to rebut the
Complainant’s case or to explain its conduct that appears to amount to typosquatting and the Panel,
therefore, finds that the Complaint also succeeds under this element of the Policy.
...
2023-09-04 - Case Details
Notably, the Complainant contends that the disputed domain name consists of an obvious typosquatting
variation of the Complainant’s distinctive trade mark.
B. Respondent
The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant’s contentions.
6. ...The Panel considers that the disputed domain name is a clear case of typosquatting. It is well established
that typosquatting can constitute confusing similarity. See, for example, The Citco Group Limited v. ...
2023-07-31 - Case Details
D2004-0763. The Respondent has engaged in a history of typosquatting, for example: see SYTradingPost, Inc. v. OS Domain Holdings IV, LLC,
WIPO Case No. D2008-0815 and BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd. v. ...In the circumstances of such an obvious case of typosquatting and without any reasonable explanation for inactivity in development of the website at the Disputed Domain Name, the Panel finds that the Respondent registered and used the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith.
...
2010-02-05 - Case Details