Westmore · UDRP DecisionFortuneobanque.com
The Panel ordered transfer of fortuneobanque.com after finding it identical to the Complainant’s FORTUNEO BANQUE trademark, finding no rights or legitimate interests, and inferring registration and use in bad faith with knowledge of the marks to divert the Complainant’s customers.
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The Panel found bad-faith registration and use because the domain referred to the Complainant and its activity, and it inferred that the Respondent registered it with full knowledge of the marks to divert the Complainant’s customers.
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Case number CAC-UDRP-100730 Time of filing 2014-01-13 11:42:30 Domain names FORTUNEOBANQUE.COM Case administrator Name Lada Válková (Case admin) Complainant Organization FORTUNEO Complainant representative Organization Namebay Respondent Organization WHOIS PRIVACY Other Legal Proceedings The Panel is not aware of other pending or decided legal proceedings. Identification Of Rights The Complainant owns several trademarks including the wording FORTUNEO - either consisting only of the wording FORTUNEO or in addition to a device - for example the registered IR trademark no. 1107662 - FORTUNEO BANQUE or the EU-Community trademark no. 004268843 - FORTUNEO DIRECT FINANCE. Factual Background The Complainant FORTUNEO is a affiliated company of the Crédit Mutuel ARKEA. The Complainant contents: A. The domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights; (Policy, Paragraph 4(a)(i); Rules, Paragraphs 3(b)(viii), (b)(ix)(1)) The Complainant states that the disputed domain name < fortuneobanque.com > is identical to its trademarks FORTUNEO BANQUE. B. The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; (Policy, Paragraph 4(a)(ii); Rules, Paragraph 3(b)(ix)(2)) The Complainant contends that the Respondent is not affiliated with nor authorized by FORTUNEO in any way. The Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name and he is not related in any way to the Complainant’s business. The Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent. The Respondent is not commonly known by the domain name <fortuneobanque.com> and has no legitimate interests over the wording FORTUNEO BANQUE. Past Panels have held that a Respondent was not commonly known by a disputed domain name if the WHOIS information was not similar to the disputed domain name. See: NAF - FA699652 - Braun Corp. v. Loney NAF - FA139720 - Tercent Inc. v. Lee Yi Further, Respondent’s only use of the Domain Name is that it is used for a parked site displaying commercial links related to the field of bank products and services of the Complainant and its competitors. The Complainant contends that the Respondent has not legitimate rights in respect of the domain name and has registered the domain name only to attract and to divert the customers to commercial links. See Mpire Corporation v. Michael Frey, WIPO Case No. D2009-0258 Finally, the Complainant contends that the Respondent uses a privacy or proxy registration service that acts as an iron curtain between the Domain Holder and the outside world. C. The domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. (Policy, paragraphs 4(a)(iii), 4(b); Rules, paragraph 3(b)(ix)(3)) The Complainant contends that the Respondent is aware of the Complainant and has registered the domain name coupled with French word "BANQUE" only to make reference to the Complainant and its activity. The Complainant considers that it is reasonable to infer that the Respondent has registered the domain name with full knowledge of the Complainant's marks and uses it for the purpose of diverting the Complaint’s customers. See Ferrari S.p.A v. American Entertainment Group. Inc, WIPO Case no. D2004-0673. On these bases, the Complainant concludes that the evidence indicates that the Respondent has used the disputed domain name to attract, or to attempt to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to various websites by creating confusion with the Complainant’s trademark. Parties Contentions NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED. Rights The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i)of the Policy). No Rights or Legitimate Interests The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Respondent to have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Name (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(ii)of the Policy). Bad Faith The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(iii)of the Policy). Procedural Factors The Panel is satisfied that all procedural requirements under UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision. Principal Reasons for the Decision 1. There can be no question but that the domain name <FORTUNEOBANQUE.COM> is identical to Complainant's <FORTUNEO BANQUE> trademark. 2. The Respondent does not have a legitimate interest in the domain name and used and registered the domain name in bad faith as the domain name only makes reference to the Complainant and its activity. It is reasonable to infer that the Respondent has registered the domain name with full knowledge of the Complainant's marks and uses it for the purpose of diverting the Complaint’s customers. 3. The Panel accepts the Complainant's submissions and finds, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, that the Respondent has to transfer the disputed domain name to the Complainant. For all the reasons stated above, the Complaint is Accepted and the disputed domain name(s) is (are) to be FORTUNEOBANQUE.COM: Transferred PANELLISTS Name Prof. Dr. Lambert Grosskopf, LL.M.Eur. Date of Panel Decision 2014-02-24 Publish the Decision
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