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WIPO D2000-1698 · 2000

Arthur Guinness Son & Co. (Dublin) Limited v. Dejan Macesic

Transferredguiness.com

What the case decided

A domain one letter short of the mark is confusingly similar, and a disclaimer does not cure the bad faith, because a visitor has already been diverted by the time they read it.

The parties

Complainant
Arthur Guinness Son & Co. (Dublin) Limited
Respondent
Dejan Macesic

Read the decision

The full text is published by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. We summarise it here; the decision itself is the authority.

WIPO decision D2000-1698

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