Four letter domain Nlke.com lost in UDRP

[Arpit131]

The famous Nike mark is indisputable, along with the assorted “swish.”

The shoe and sports apparel company went after the domain name nlke.com (NLKE.com in all capitals) due to three reasons:

• The visual similarities between nike and nlke
• The proximity of the letters N and L on the keyboard
• The use of parking ads related to Nike products.
  
  Source: Domain Gang

 

[korganian]

The use of parking ads related to Nike products was the death blow. You have to be careful because registrars will put up trademark infringing ads immediately when using their name servers.