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).
The Complainant's trademark is highly distinctive and it is not conceivable that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name without having in mind said trademark. Moreover, numerous UDRP Panels have found that typosquatting itself constitutes bad faith (see, amongst others, VMWARE, INC. v. Bola Branky, WIPO Case No. D2016-0073; Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v. Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC / Name Redacted, WIPO Case No. D2015-2094; Calvin Klein Trademark Trust, Calvin Klein, Inc. v. Moniker Privacy Services, WIPO Case No. D2015-2305).
As far as use in bad faith is concerned, the domain name <arcelormiltal.com> resolves to a web page stating that the website is "Under Construction". Prior Panels have found the abusive practice of typosquatting evidence of bad faith registration and use (see, amongst Others Manson Capital Ltd. v. handeyenerli, WIPO Case No. D2015-2358; VMWARE, INC. v. Bola Branky, WIPO Case No. D2016-0073, etc.). The fact that the Respondent passively holds the disputed domain name does not change this finding.
Finally, in accordance with the powers conferred to the Panel by paragraph 10 of the UDRP Rules, the Panel has engaged in some researches on the Respondent's name and contact details as indicated in the relevant Whois. The name of the Respondent is "davd anamo". A Google search on this name, did not reveal any entry. Despite that the fact that no one named "davd anamo" appears on a powerful search engine as Google is not incontrovertible evidence that this individual does not exist, there are high chances that this is so, as nowadays almost everyone appears on the Internet, and as the other contact details provided in the Whois are certainly false. As a matter of fact, further searches on the Respondent's address indicated in the Whois, revealed that a street named "Rue la Voix" in Paris does not exist. Needless to say, the house number 4800, which is curiously similar to the postal code number 4800, also referred to in the Whois.
Therefore, the Panel takes the view that the contact details indicated at the time of the registration of the disputed domain name are false, and this is additional evidence of registration and use of the domain name in bad faith.
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