Source: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2011-0698
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 08:34:26+00:00

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Beachbody, LLC v. Venkateshwara Distributor Private Limited.
The Respondent is Venkateshwara Distributor Private Limited. of Mumbai, India.
The disputed domain name <wp90x.com> is registered with Tirupati Domains and Hosting Pvt Ltd.
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on April 21, 2011. On April 21, 2011, the Center transmitted by email to Tirupati Domains and Hosting Pvt Ltd. a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On April 22, 2011, Tirupati Domains and Hosting Pvt Ltd. transmitted by email to the Center its verification response, confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details.
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on April 28, 2011. The due date for Response was May 18, 2011 (Rules, paragraph 5(a)). The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on May 19, 2011.
The Center appointed Rodrigo Azevedo as the sole panelist in this matter on May 26, 2011. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
The Complainant filed for and obtained trademark registrations for P90X in the United States of America and under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol (Annexes D to J to the Complaint), referring to first use in 2003.
The disputed domain name was registered on November 01, 2010.
The Panel accessed the disputed domain name on June 6, 2011. The disputed domain name connects to a pay-per-click webpage with several links to other websites related to the Complainant’s business (health and care).
(i) The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s well-known and successful trademark P90X. The Complainant has obtained trademark registrations for P90X in various jurisdictions throughout the world. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name with full knowledge of the Complainant’s pre-existing rights. The disputed domain name incorporates the entirety of the Complainant’s trademark in combination with the letter “w”, which is not enough to distinguish the disputed domain name from the Complainant’s trademark and rather increases the likely consumer confusion.
(ii) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name. The Respondent is not affiliated with the Complainant. The disputed domain name currently displays several links to divert Internet users to websites that offer potentially counterfeit versions of the Complainant’s products and deceive consumers into falsely believing that there is an association, affiliation or sponsorship relationship between the Respondent and the Complainant. The Respondent’s use of the disputed domain name evidences the Respondent’s illegitimate purpose.
(iii) The disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. The disputed domain name has been being used to advertise and offer for sale potentially counterfeit versions of the Complainant’s products, which deceives consumers to falsely believing there is a connection between the disputed domain name and the Complainant. The Respondent has attempted to take commercial advantage of the Complainant’s trademark and commercial reputation. The Respondent has registered the disputed domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor.
The trademark P90X is wholly encompassed within the disputed domain name and is preceded with the letter “w”.
The Panel considers that the mere addition of the letter “w” before the Complainant’s trademark is not sufficient to refute confusing similarity in the present case. Numerous panels have found similarity in the act of adding, deleting, substituting or reversing the order of letters in a mark. See: Yurtici Kargo Servisi A.S. v. Yurticicargo Yurticikargo, WIPO Case No. D2003-0707; CareerBuilder, LLC v. Azra Khan, WIPO Case No. D2003-0493; The Sportsman’s Guide, Inc. v. Vipercom, WIPO Case No. D2003-0145; Neuberger Berman Inc. v. Alfred Jacobsen, WIPO Case No. D2000-0323; Hobsons, Inc. v. Peter Carrington a/k/a/ Party Night Inc., WIPO Case No. D2003-0317; America Online Inc. v. John Zuccarini, also known as Cupcake Message, Cupcake Messenger, The Cupcake Secret, Cupcake Patrol, Cupcake City, and The Cupcake Incident, WIPO Case No. D2000-1495; Microsoft Corporation v. Charlie Brown, WIPO Case No. D2001-0362, etc.
Furthermore, the letter “w” is commonly related to Internet operations, as part of the acronym for the world wide web. So, several companies use this letter to identify the web version of some of its products or services.
Based on the Respondents default and on the prima facie evidence in the Complaint, the Panel finds that the above circumstances are not present in this particular case and that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name.
The Panel notes that the present record provides no evidence to demonstrate the Respondent intent to use or to make preparations to use the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. Indeed, the Complainant filed screenshots of the web pages that were published at the disputed domain name showing pay-per-click pages filled with links to competitors’ websites.
The Complainant has not licensed or authorized the usage of its trademarks to the Respondent, and it does not appear from the present record that the Respondent is commonly known by the disputed domain name.
The Complainant’s trademark was already known in the field of fitness DVDs when the disputed domain name was registered.
The disputed domain name is being used as a pay-per-click landing page, displaying sponsored links for third party websites that offer fitness products, including DVDs.
In situations like this, previous UDRP decisions have considered this type of usage of a domain name enough to demonstrate bad faith. “It is now well-established that the use of a parking page in this manner is strong evidence of bad faith” (Serta Inc. v. Charles Dawson, WIPO Case No. D2008-1474). See also Asian World of Martial Arts Inc. v. Texas International Property Associates, WIPO Case No. D2007-1415.
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the disputed domain name <wp90x.com> be transferred to the Complainant.

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