The ruling came after the Zurich-based Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) filed a complaint before the UN agency WIPO on September 17 this year.

Chris Carter was using the domain ‘fifaworldcup2010.com’ , about which the FIFA contended that the name is confusingly similar to its registered trade marks and the website has been registered in bad faith.

WIPO asked Carter to transfer the disputed Internet site to FIFA.

The disputed domain name was registered on February 13, 2000, according to the judgement copy of the case.

The WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Centre found that the domain name has been both registered and used with a view to taking unfair advantage of the reputation of the terms embodied in the complainant’s (FIFA) trade marks.

WIPO is a specialised agency of the United Nations for developing a balanced and accessible international system in the field of intellectual property rights.