The Complainant was founded in 1995 and grows in Europe with the emergence of e-commerce and the continuous expansion of the range of financial products online.
Pioneer and leader in its three core businesses: online brokerage, online financial information and online banking, Complaintant based its growth on innovation, commitment and transparency.
In France, Complainant is the online banking reference with more than 2,000,000 customers. Its website has more than 30 million monthly visits.
The Complainant is the owner of several trademarks BOURSORAMA, in particular the European trademark BOURSORAMA n°001758614 registered since October 19th, 2001.
The Complainant also owns several domain names including the wording BOURSORAMA, such as the domain name <boursorama.com>, registered since March 1st, 1998.
The disputed domain name <boujrsorama.com> was registered on December 25th, 2019 and is currently inactive.
The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its well-known and distinctive trademark BOURSORAMA. The disputed domain name contains an obvious misspelling of the Complainant’s trademark BOURSORAMA. The addition of the letter “J” is not sufficient to avoid the likelihood of confusion.
Thus, this is a clear case of "typosquatting“ in the view of Complainant, i.e. the disputed domain name contains an obvious misspelling of the Complainant’s trademark.
The Complainant asserts that the Respondent is not identified in the Whois as the disputed domain name, but as “hui li".
The Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name and he is not related in any way with the Complainant. 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 of the Complainant’s trademark BOURSORAMA, or apply for registration of the disputed domain name by the Complainant.
Furthermore, the Complainant also claims that the disputed domain name is a typosquatted version of the trademark BOURSORAMA. Typosquatting is the practice of registering a domain name in an attempt to take advantage of Internet users’ typographical errors and can be evidence that a respondent lacks rights and legitimate interests in the domain name.
Therefore, the Respondent in the view of Complainant has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name.
Complainant contends, that given the distinctiveness of the Complainant's trademarks and reputation, it is reasonable to infer that the Respondent has registered the domain name with full knowledge of the Complainant's trademark.
In the case at hand, the Respondent acted in bad faith especially because the Respondent, who has no connection with the well-known "BOURSORAMA" trademark, registered a domain name, which incorporates the well-known "BOURSORAMA" trademark and it is totally irrealistic to believe that the Respondent did not know the Complainant's trademark when registered the disputed domain name.
Moreover, the Complainant states the misspelling of the trademark BOURSORAMA was intentionally designed to be confusingly similar with the Complainant’s trademark. Previous UDRP Panels have seen such actions as evidence of bad faith.
Furthermore, the website related to the disputed domain name is currently inactive. The Complainant contends that the Respondent has not demonstrated any activity in respect of the disputed domain name, and it is not possible to conceive of any plausible actual or contemplated active use of the domain name by the Respondent that would not be illegitimate, such as by being a passing off, an infringement of consumer protection legislation, or an infringement of the Complainant’s rights under trademark law.
On these bases, the Complainant concludes that the Respondent has registered and is using the disputed domain name in bad faith.
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