NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED.
PARTIES' CONTENTIONS:
COMPLAINANT:
The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name < arlafoods.com > consists of the Complainant’s trademark ARLA with the addition of the generic word “foods”, with the two O letters in “foods” replaced by a double zero digit. The trademark ARLA is the most prominent and distinctive element of the disputed domain name.
The part of the disputed domain name consisting of the term “f00ds” is a misspelling of the term FOODS, which is descriptive in respect of the type of products offered by Complainant, and which moreover corresponds to the second term of which Complainant’s Danish trademark VR 2000 01185 and Complainant’s company name consist. Visually, the double 0 digit is identical to a double O. Furthermore, the 0 digit is placed right above the letter O in a standard QWERTY keyboard, and it is therefore quite easy to press the 0 button instead of the O by a mistake when typing.
The disputed domain name shall therefore be regarded as identical/confusingly similar to Complainant’s trademarks and company name. In support of this claim, the Complainant refers to WIPO’s decisions in the cases D2000-0588 <gameb0y.com> and D2003-0213 <0pusdei.com> in which the panelist found for the Complainant.
The Complainant further contends: that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests whatsoever with respect to the disputed domain name; that there is no evidence of the Respondent’s use of, or demonstrable preparations to use, the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services; that Respondent’s website is a page showing an ad for Respondent’s services and a link to Respondent’s website, where it is possible to purchase Respondent’s services; that there is no indication on the website that the Respondent has made a bona fide use of the domain name or the words ARLA FOODS; that the Complainant has not authorized or licensed the Respondent’s use of its ARLA or ARLA FOODS trademarks. There is thus no evidence that the Respondent has made any legitimate use of the name ARLA FOODS / ARLA F00DS as a trademark or service mark, nor is there any evidence that the Respondent is commonly known as ARLA FOODS / ARLA F00DS.
In addition, the Complainant affirms that considering the well-known character of the trademark ARLA, and the nature of the name and trademark ARLA FOODS, it is most likely that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant, and its trademarks, when the Respondent registered the domain name.
Moreover, the Respondent is clearly making a commercial use of the disputed domain name, as the website under the disputed domain name displays a link to a clearly commercial site. This constitutes “commercial” use of the domain name. In addition, the Respondent is likely to have detected the traffic to the Complainant’s website arlafoods.com (redirecting to arla.com), and attempted to profit from this traffic by registering a misspelling of Complainant’s trademark, company name and domain name. By linking to its website, the Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s mark and company name as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the Respondent’s website, and this constitutes evidence of bad faith.
The Complainant finally draws the Panel’s attention to the earlier UDRP decisions regarding <arlafood.com>, <arlafoodingredients.com>, <arlafoodamba.com>, and <arla-foods.org>, and the earlier UDRP decisions in the cases D2014-0988, D2014-0855, D2014-0724, D2011-1604, D2011-0493, D2011-0492 and D2008-0378; and to the fact that the Respondent is not new to the role of a Respondent in UDRP proceedings, as shown by CAC’ decisions nos. 101020 <ARCELORMITTALS.COM, ARRCELORMITTAL.COM, ARCCELORMITTAL.COM>, 100957 <eutelsat-france.com> and 100938 <boehringer-ingelheim.com> (the latter is a typosquatting case) and WIPO’s decisions in the cases D2015-0886, D2015-0863, D2015-0819, D2015-0769, D2014-1949, D2014-1828, D2014-1387, D2014-0842, D2014-0511, D2009-1168, DCO2015-0016, DCO2015-0014, DCO2015-0009 and DCO2014-0007, all end with transfer to a Complainant or revocation of the registration. Several of the above-mentioned cases are typosquatting cases, e.g. DCO2015-0016, D2014-0842 and D2014-1387.
RESPONDENT:
NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED
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