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Morgan Stanley won a decision against a cybersquatter over a domain name that included the letters “MS" — even though the financial services firm apparently doesn’t own any trademark registrations for those letters, which are simply an abbreviation for its MORGAN STANLEY trademark.

The decision provides an interesting lesson about how some panels under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) may find that certain abbreviations of trademarks are confusingly similar to the trademarks.

Case Cited:

Morgan Stanley v. robert, NAF Claim No. 1001980641: https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisi...

Resources:

​​- GigaLaw website: https://giga.law/

GigaLaw's Domain Dispute Digest: https://giga.law/digest

​- Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass: https://giga.law/masterclass

About Doug Isenberg: https://giga.law/about-doug-isenberg

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