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Goes Dunkin’ for UAE Domains — Dunkin’ Donuts

Goes Dunkin’ for UAE Domains — Dunkin’ Donuts

Donuts and ice cream are big business in United Arab Emirates.

Dunkin’ Brands, through two intellectual property holding firms, has filed for arbitration to get United Arab Emirates .ae domain names related to two of its brands.

The two separate cases were filed with World Intellectual Property Organization. In the first case, the firm filed for two domains related to Dunkin’ Donuts: dunkin-donuts.ae and dunkindonuts.ae. The second case is for Baskin Robbins: baskin-robbins.ae and baskinrobbins.ae.

United Arab Emirates recently liberalized its registration rules. The domain names were probably registered following the registration rules changed.

Both Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins have stores in United Arab Emirates.

All of the domain names are registered to Ali Abdelwahed. Abdelwahed also received a domain arbitration filing for hardees.ae, filed by the popular fast food restaurant chain. Hardees is part of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR).

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