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Kenyon successfully represented Eastman Sporto Group, manufacturer and supplier of the SPORTO shoe brand, in a Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy domain name proceeding before the World Intellectual Property Organization involving the domain name sporto.com. The disputed domain name was registered in 1997 by Oregon-based Respondents, initially in connection with training classes. The content changed beginning in 2001, alternating between a generic pay-per-click site offering links to shoes and footwear and a site that automatically redirected users to another website that sold shoes and boots. The WIPO panel found that Respondents had registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith, engaging in "textbook cybersquatting." As a result, the panel found in favor of Eastman Sporto Group and ordered the domain name, sporto.com, be transferred to the company. Case number D2009-1688 (2010).