In addition, Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in relation to the domain name at issue. And finally, Respondent registered and used the domain name at issue in bad faith. B. Respondent Respondent has not submitted a response in this matter. Complainant has owned and operated one of the nations largest radio stations under its common law marks since 1990. From 1943 to 1990 the mark was owned and operated by the Chicago Board of Education.
Complainant maintains an audience of almost a half million listeners each week.
Complainant owns the domain name registrations for wbez.org and wbez.net . In addition to the domain name at issue, Respondent has registered a host of domain names, dozens of which have been the subject of successful domain name dispute complaints and litigation. Complainant has made numerous attempts to contact Respondent only to find that the information listed on the domain registration was incorrect or fictitious. In addition, Respondent s domain name is confusingly similar because a reasonable Internet user would assume the domain name is somehow related to Complainant s famous marks. See Treeforms, Inc. v. Cayne Indus.