Google gets back Googblog.com domain (from a Gujju)

Google has won back the Googblog.com domain name from an Indian national, Herit Shah. Google filed a case few months back and WIPO has instructed Herit Shah (who registered the domain, googblog from GoDaddy in Sep 2008) to return back the domain to Google. More Details Google’s claim: The Complainant has used the name “GOOG” as a NASDAQ financial stock ticker since 2004. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name on September 25, 2008. Pre-Complaint correspondence between the parties failed to resolve the dispute. The Complainant petitions the Panel to issue a decision that the disputed domain name be transferred from the Respondent to the Complainant. Herit Shah’s reply: “I was in a bad faith that i can legally keep the domain googblog.com but when i kept myself in the place of google i understood i really did very unfair to google. since two weeks i have been trying to delete the domain googblog.com, but i am unable to because godaddy has put my domain on hold, on your consent godaddy may delete the domain or unhold it. I sincerely apologise to Google for infringement, misuse of their intellectual property (GOOGBLOG.COM).

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