The Complainant has a significant global reputation in its MORGAN STANLEY mark such that it would be implausible for any use of the MORGAN STANLEY mark in connection with financial services to be for any purpose other than to improperly associate the domain name with the Complainant. The same cannot be said for the mere use of the abbreviation MS – which can be used for numerous reasons. […]
For these reasons I am unsatisfied that the registration and use of the Domain Name was motivated by any desire to take advantage of the reputation Complainant has in its MORGAN STANLEY mark (or its abbreviation) as opposed to the use of the abbreviation MS as an abbreviation of the names of the two proprietors of the business trading from the Respondent’s Website.
