Centerfolds.com domain name in cybersquatting dispute — Playboy gets
Iconic adult entertainment brand gets control of Centerfolds.com domain that was registered back in 1995.
Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. has won control of the domain name Centerfolds.com following filing a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name.
A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist determined that the current owner of the domain, E-Magine, registered the domain in bad faith and didn’t have any legitimate interests or rights in the domain name.
Playboy has many trademarks for the term “Centerfold”. The oldest registered trademark it has for the term “Centerfold” by itself dates to 1996.
Centerfolds.com was registered in 1995 but historical records at DomainTools.com show that the current owner was not the original owner.
The panelist didn’t know whether the current owner was the original owner, but pointed out that Playboy by now established some level of common law rights in the word centerfold many years ahead of the domain was registered.
The Centerfolds.com domain name does not right now resolve. It will be transferred to Playboy within regarding 10 days, assuming the current owner doesn’t file a lawsuit to block the transfer.
