The dot.com names registered included AYAHOO, JAHU, NYYAHOO,
YAHOOF, YAHOONY YOUHOO and YAHPOO.
Yahoo! had trade and service mark registrations for the word
“Yahoo!” in the classes of computer software for search and
retrieval, books, computer services, magazines, posters, shirts,
etc. The original domain name was registered in 1995.
The company claimed that the similar domain names were
registered mostly by one individual, Eitan Zviely, under a number
of fictitious company names. It said he was “a known
cybersquatter”.
WIPO found that the Zviely and the other parties had no
legitimate interests in the names and that they were registered in
bad faith. It ordered that the registration of the 37 names be
transferred to Yahoo!
Yahoo is also planning on filing a lawsuit in Thailand against
Yoohhoo.com, a Thai based site. According to reports, the site’s
owners claim “it is simply a spelling of the yoo-hoo sound people
make to attract the attention of someone they know.”
