Johnson & Johnson win shampoo domain case

American pharmaceutical and general consumables company Johnson & Johnson recently filed a dispute over nizoralshampoo.com, registered by Jorgenson Group of Companies. J&J claimed that the domain is similar to its trademarked Nizoral shampoo product. For its defense, Jorgenson had nothing to offer, opting not to respond when the case was brought before the National Arbitration Forum. As a result, Johnson & Johnson was granted the domain.

Unlike the Kraft domain dispute covered yesterday, this case is more clear-cut. Had the domain simply been nizoral.com J&J would have had a harder time proving its case, but since the product is known worldwide as a shampoo, the original registrant had barely a leg to stand on, hence the lack of a response in the case.

Source | Domain News