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Power Tools Firm Loses IXO.com Complaint

Three letter domain name saved by National Arbitration Forum.

Here’s a follow up to a domain name dispute I wrote regarding last month regarding a three letter domain name.

A National Arbitration Forum panel has denied the complaint for IXO.com brought by Robert Bosch GmbH, which has a line of power tools called IXO.

The decision is in German, so I’m relying on Google’s translator here. But essentially the panel ruled:

1. The owner has a legitimate interest in the domain name since he had started on plans to develop it.

2. It’s more than likely the registrant wasn’t specifically targeting the complainant and instead bought the domain name since it is a three letter domain name.

It doesn’t appear the complainant owns ixo.de, either.

I’m a little unclear regarding whether Robert Bosch GmbH has started selling its IXO line yet, so perhaps one of my German readers can chime in.

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