Former US President Bill Clinton has lost a challenge for three domain names

Bill Clinton couldn’t persuade an arbitrator that he should have the rights to the domain names:

WilliamClinton.com
WilliamJClinton.com
PresidentBillClinton.com

The domains were regsitered to a group called “Web of Deception” and allegedly forwarded to the Republic National Committee’s website.

The arbitrator decided that the domain names were confusingly similar to Bill Clinton’s common law marks and were not used for a bona fide use, but that the domain names were not registered and used in bad faith. With regards to bona fide use, the arbitrator said that merely forwarding a domain name isn’t enough to show bona fide use.

Read the actual Decision of William J. Clinton v. Web of Deception

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