As the Respondent did not file any response to the complaint, the Panel took into account the following facts asserted by the Complainant (and supported by the documentary evidence submitted by the Complainant) and unchallenged by the Respondent:
(a) the Complainant is the leading Italian banking group. It is among the top banking groups in the euro zone, with a market capitalisation exceeding 38,1 billion euro, and the undisputed leader in Italy, in all business areas (retail, corporate and wealth management). Thanks to a network of approximately 3,900 branches capillary and well distributed throughout the Country, with market shares of more than 16% in most Italian regions, the Group offers its services to approximately 11,8 million customers;
(b) the Complainant is the owner of the Complainant’s Trademarks;
(c) the Complainant owns many domain names consisting of different variations of its name such as “INTESA”, “BANCA INTESA” and “INTESA BANCA”: INTESA.COM, INTESA.INFO, INTESA.BIZ, INTESA.ORG, INTESA.US, INTESA.EU, INTESA.CN, INTESA.IN, INTESA.CO.UK, INTESA.TEL, INTESA.NAME, INTESA.XXX or INTESA.ME, BANCAINTESA.COM, .INFO, .ORG, .BIZ, .MOBI, .NET, .SITE, .EU, .IT, .PL, .COM.PL, .IN, .CO.IN, .RS, .CO.RS, .CO, .TK, .ME, .RO, .ASIA, .TW, .TV, .IR, .CC, .WS, .CN, .COM.CN, .COM.AR, .KR, .CO.KR, .ORG.CN, .NET.CN and INTESABANCA.COM, .INFO and .IT;
(d) on July 1, 2019, the Respondent registered the disputed domain name INTESABANCA.CLUB; and
(e) on the website under the disputed domain name there is only a general landing page showing some sponsored links otherwise the disputed domain name is inactive.
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