Speaking of Dispute and legal claim issues, it sparks of my memory of the old days back in 2004 where google was taking the issue toward booble.com (adult search engine). In its email to booble.com, Google claimed that :-
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Your use of the Domain Name and corresponding web site constitutes trademark infringement and dilution of Google's trademarks and unfair competition under federal and state laws. Further, your improper duplication of Google's trade dress on the web site will mislead consumers into believing that some association exists between Google and you, which tarnishes the goodwill and reputation of Google's services and trademarks. Your registration and use of the Domain Name is in bad faith pursuant to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP") and is clearly designed to appropriate the goodwill associated with the famous GOOGLE mark in violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA"). In addition, you would not be able to demonstrate any rights or legitimate interests in the Domain Name because you are using it to tarnish the GOOGLE mark.
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Agreed that booble.com was created much later than google.com :-
Google.com domain was created on: 15-Sep-1997.
Booble.com domain was created on: 25-Nov-2001.
But hey, is that also to say that no one can own domain like :-
aooale.com, booble.com, coocle.com, doodle.com, eooele.com, foofle.com, hooahe.com, iooile.com, ,oooole.com, poople.com, qooqle.com...and so on??
Well, apparently, Booble.com is still "alive" till date! and they remain the direction as "adult search engine" that they set in the early stage.
