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CAC · Case No. CAC-UDRP-101291

Lexapro.website + 5 more domains

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The Panel ordered transfer of all six disputed domain names. It found them confusingly similar to the Complainant’s LEXAPRO trademark, found no rights or legitimate interests because the Respondent was neither known by nor authorized to use the names and filed no response, and found bad-faith registration and use based on the Respondent’s awareness of the mark and use of the domains to advertise Lexapro and generic Lexapro products through online-pharmacy links for commercial gain.

Outcome
Transfer
At a glance
Provider
CAC
Outcome
Transfer
Decision date
2016-10-20
Panelist(s)
Dietrich Beier
Complainant
H. Lundbeck A/S
Respondent
Albert Sadykov
Disputed domain(s)
lexapro.website, lexapro.press, lexapro.host, lexapro.online + 2 more
Citation weightrelies on 1 authority
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Outcome by domain

How each disputed name was decided in this proceeding.

lexapro.websiteTransferred
lexapro.pressTransferred
lexapro.hostTransferred
lexapro.onlineTransferred
lexapro.techTransferred
lexapro.clubTransferred
Verified public record
Outcome & remedy
Complaint granted. Panel ordered transfer of lexapro.website.
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
No RDNH raised.
Westmore Insight

The Panel inferred that the Respondent knew of the intensively used LEXAPRO mark when registering the domains. It also found that the online-pharmacy advertising links, including advertisements for generic Lexapro products, indicated an intent to attract Internet users for commercial gain by creating confusion with the Complainant’s mark.

The three-part test
Identical or confusingly similarMet
Rights or legitimate interestsMet
Registered and used in bad faithMet

Result of record. The panel's reasoning and decisive facts behind each element are in the Intelligence dossier below.

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Case details
Provider
CAC
Outcome
Transfer
Decision date
2016-10-20
Panel
Dietrich Beier
Full decision
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Case number CAC-UDRP-101291 Time of filing 2016-09-06 09:42:05 Domain names lexapro.website, lexapro.press, lexapro.host, lexapro.online, lexapro.tech, lexapro.club Case administrator Name Aneta Jelenová (Case admin) Complainant Organization H. Lundbeck A/S Complainant representative Organization Wallberg IP Advice Respondent Name Albert Sadykov Other Legal Proceedings The panel is not aware of any other pending proceedings. Identification Of Rights The Complainant enjoys protection for his trademark Lexapro around the world, inter alia by the EUTM Lexapro 002041259, registered on February 23, 2004 in class 5. Factual Background FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT: The Complainant H. Lundbeck A/S was founded in 1915 and is now an international pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, production, marketing and sale of pharmaceuticals across the world. The company's products are targeted at disorders such as depression and anxiety, psychotic disorders, epilepsy and Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Lundbeck is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies working with brain disorders. In 2015, the company's revenue was USD 2.2 billion. Today Lundbeck employs approximately 5.500 people worldwide. Lundbeck markets a number of different pharmaceuticals for the treatment of brain disorders. The most recently launched compounds include: Cipralex/Lexapro® (depression), Ebixa® (Alzheimer’s disease), Azilect® (Parkinson’s disease), Xenazine® (chorea associated with Huntington's disease), Sabril® (epilepsy), Sycrest® (bipolar disorder) and Onfi® (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome). The trademark Lexapro® is registered in more than 100 countries around the world. Whereas the disputed domain names were, in accordance with the Complaint, not active at the time of the filing of the Complaint, they were at the time of the decision. All the contested domain names lexapro.website lexapro.press lexapro.host lexapro.online lexapro.tech lexapro.club were active at that time and showed a table of online pharmacies where Lexapro products including Generic Lexapro products are advertised. Parties Contentions NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED. Rights The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Domain Names are 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 Names (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 Names have been registered and are 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 The disputed domain names are on their 2nd level domain identical to the trademark Lexapro of the Complainant. The Panel therefore considers the disputed domain name to be confusingly similar to the trademarks in which the Complainants have rights in accordance with paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy. The Complainant’s assertions that the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain names and is not affiliated with nor authorised by the Complainant are sufficient to constitute a prima facie showing of absence of rights or legitimate interest in the disputed domain names on the part of the Respondent. The evidentiary burden therefore shifts to the Respondent to show by concrete evidence that it does have rights or legitimate interests in that name. The Respondent has made no attempt to do so. The Panel therefore finds that the Respondent does not have rights or legitimate interests in the Domain Names. Due to the intensive use of the trademark worldwide, the Respondent must have been aware of the Complainant and its trademarks when registering the disputed domain names. The Complainant has not authorized the Respondent to make use of a designation which is identical to its marks. This Panel does not see any conceivable legitimate use that could be made by the Respondent of the particular domain names without the Complainant’s authorization. It is the consensus view of Panels (following the decision Telstra Corporation Limited v. Nuclear Marshmallows, WIPO Case No. D2000-0003, <telstra.org>) that a lack of active use of the domain names without any active attempt to sell or to contact the trademark holder (passive holding), does not as such prevent a finding of bad faith. Examples of what may be cumulative circumstances found to be indicative of bad faith include that no response to the complaint has been filed. Alternatively the actual use probably being put on the internet after filing of the Complaint, justifies this decision. Here are, inter alia, generic lexapro products being advertised. The circumstances of this case, in particular also the advertising links in the field of the Complainant accordingly also indicate that the Respondent registered and uses the disputed domain names primarily with the intention of attempting to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its potential website or other online locations, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of such website or location, or of a product or service on such website or location. The Panel therefore considers the disputed domain names to have been registered and used in bad faith in accordance with paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy. Accordingly, the Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Domain Names have been registered and are being used in bad faith (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(iii)of the Policy) by registering a confusingly similar domain name being aware of the trademarks of Complainant. For all the reasons stated above, the Complaint is Accepted and the disputed domain name(s) is (are) to be LEXAPRO.WEBSITE: Transferred LEXAPRO.PRESS: Transferred LEXAPRO.HOST: Transferred LEXAPRO.ONLINE: Transferred LEXAPRO.TECH: Transferred LEXAPRO.CLUB: Transferred PANELLISTS Name Dietrich Beier Date of Panel Decision 2016-10-20 Publish the Decision

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