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Warner Bros. Entertainment wins dispute over ThunderCats.com domain name

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With the return of ThunderCats back to television, the domain name ThunderCats.com has been ordered transferred to Warner Bros. by a single member panel of the National Arbitration Forum.

The respondent in the domain dispute was Equity LLC / Name Admin of New York.

On the point of “Registration and Use in Bad Faith”, although the Honorable Charles K. McCotter, Jr. (Ret.) who served as the panelist did not find that Equity LLC had ever attempted to sell the disputed domain name, McCotter did find that the domain had a competing nature because Equity LLC had posted links to websites and businesses which sell action figure goods in competition with Warner Bros.

Of course, there is much more to the decision than just the point of “bad faith”.

You can read all the gory details of the decision through the information published online here.

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With return of ThunderCats, comes domain dispute over ThunderCats.com

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 An all-new ThunderCats animated series premieres on Cartoon Network tonight.

Warner Bros anticipates the series will appeal to viewers who have loved the characters all their lives as well as young newcomers to the franchise.  That, according to a press release.

Now with all the hype surrounding ThunderCats, it appears Warner Bros wants to setup a website using ThunderCats.com. 

The only problem is, the company doesn’t own the domain.

A domain dispute (case No. 1400583) has been filed with the National Arbitration Forum.  While the name of the complainant isn’t known at this time, it’s a safe bet that it’s Warner Bros behind the filing.

Since 2003, Warner Bros has filed several disputes with the National Arbitration Forum – and won. 

In one of its more recent cases, Warner Bros won hogwarts.com

The company has only had 2 claims denied at the National Arbitration Forum.  Djbatman.com in 2004 and DaisyDukes.com in 2005.