Chanel sweeps up five domains in dispute

French fashion house Chanel has won a dispute filed with the WIPO covering five domains: chanelbagsale.com, chanelbageshop.com, chanelhandbags.org, chanel-sale.com, and chanelsale.net.

Naturally, the company contended that the names violated its trademark and were being used in bad faith. The registrant failed to respond to these allegations.

Personally, I don’t even think these names are “chic” enough for Chanel. Would anyone honestly believe such a recognized name would legitimately use chanelhandbags.org? I doubt there was any consumer confusion here. But maybe Chanel was more concerned that the domains could be used to sell counterfeit products.

Source | Domain News
Photo | Flickr