Bruce Springsteen v. Jeff Burgar and Bruce Springsteen Fan Club
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Case # D2000-1532 (2001)
Relevant factsFree
Burgar (defendant) registered brucespringsteen.com, redirecting visitors to his own general celebrity website, while Bruce Springsteen (plaintiff) already owned and operated brucespringsteen.net as his official site. Springsteen filed a UDRP claim arguing Burgar's domain infringed his common-law rights in his own name.
IssueFree
Whether registering a domain name identical to someone's trademark constitutes infringement under the UDRP when the registrant has some legitimate interest in the domain and did not register it in bad faith.
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