The Complainant, AVON PRODUCTS, INC. was founded in 1886 by David H. McConnell and is a direct-selling company within beauty, household, and personal care products. The Complainant had, in 2016, an annual sale of over $5.7 billion worldwide and is the fifth-largest beauty company with 6.4 million representatives, also making them the second largest direct-selling enterprise in the world.
Apparently sometime in February 2018, the Complainant was made aware that the Respondent had registered the domain <avonbp.info> on 9 September 2009 and was marketing and selling the Complainant’s products, presumably to Hungarian consumers.
This prompted a cease-and-desist letter, dated 5 March 2018, to the Respondent’s address stated in the Whois record, as well as an e-mail, dated 7 March 2018, also containing, the aforementioned cease-and-desist letter.
Both remained unanswered.
According to this Panel's own investigation, the Respondent has, sometime between the cease-and-desist letter and e-mail mentioned above and the 28 August 2018 on which date this Panel was appointed, ceased to use the disputed domain to market and sell the Complainant’s products and is currently using the domain to market and sell hotel reservations in Avon Colorado, USA.
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