Salton, Inc. v. George Foreman Foods, Inc., Case No. D2004-0777 (WIPO Dec. 3, 2004), demonstrates the difficulty of fighting contract disputes in the wrong forum.
Denying the Complainant's challenge to the registration and use of the domain name www.georgeforeman.com by the licensee of the name for food products, the Panel states:
Complainant acknowledged that Respondent had obtained a license from George Foreman granting Respondent the right to use the <georgeforeman.com> domain name. Indeed, Complainant attached a copy of that license agreement to its own Complaint. The license agreement grants to Respondent the right to use, among other things, “GeorgeForeman.com and all ... more »
