Even if such proof is submitted, it is not enough to establish any type of exclusive claim on the term Bridal Rings. Complainants have not indicated whether they tried to obtain trademark protection for the term Bridal Rings. There is no physical store that Respondents operate or know to exist by the name of L.A. Jewelry Exchange. Respondents did not register the subject domain name to interrupt Complainant's business, or to confuse anyone about any relationship to complainant, and did not even know about Complainant's existence at the time of Registration. The link was disconnected when a letter was received threatening a lawsuit.
Respondents still have plans to establish the link on the new site when it is registered.
The reason Network Solutions did not make the subject domain name available to Complainant is because it failed to pay its renewal fee. The fault is Claimant's, not Network Solutions. The Complainant is in the jewelry business under the name Bridal Rings Co., and expends large sums on a considerable amount of advertising, both local, regional and nationally of its name. It claims a common law trade mark and service mark. Complainant demanded that they disconnect the link and turn over the domain name to Complainant.