FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:
Founded in 1864, the Complainant, Société Générale S.A., is a French multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Paris. The company is split into three main divisions, Retail Banking and Specialized Financial Services, Corporate and Investment Banking (Derivatives, Structured Finance and Euro Capital Markets), and Global Investment Management and Services.
As a subsidiary of the Bank, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking revolves around three main activities: investment banking, financing and markets. With nearly 12,000 employees in 34 countries, SG CIB is present in the main financial markets with extensive European coverage and representative offices in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
The Complainant is the owner of the registered trademarks set out above. The Complainant also owns and communicates on the Internet through various websites in the worldwide. The main one for the CIB division is at www.sgcib.com (registered on 23/02/2000), but the Complainant has also registered numerous other domain names similar to its trademark SGCIB.
The disputed domain name <ssgciib.com> was registered by the Respondent on April 13, 2014.
The Respondent is not related in any way with the Complainant’s business, is not affiliated with it nor authorized by it in any way. The Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent. Neither licence nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use, or apply for registration of the disputed domain name by the Complainant.
The Respondent is not known as "SSGCIIB", according to the information provided by the whois for the disputed domain name. The website in relation with the disputed domain name <ssgciib.com> has been inactive since its registration.
The expression SGCIB is only known in relation with the Complainant. A Google search on this wording displays several results, all of them being related to the Complainant.
The Respondent has also registered the domain name <tcnbk.com> which is similar to that used by Town Country National Bank for its website at www.tcnbank.com.
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