FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:
The Complainant is Assa Abloy Branding S.a.r.l., a wholly owned subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY AB, the parent company of the ASSA ABLOY group. The ASSA ABLOY group is a global leader in "door opening solutions" with sales of Swedish kronor 94 billion in 2019. ASSA ABLOY is present in more than 70 countries and has a market leading position in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region, within areas such as mechanical and electromechanical locking, access control, identification technology, entrance automation, security doors, hotel security and mobile access.
About 70% of the group’s total sales fall under the ASSA ABLOY master brand, while 20% are under Yale (for home access and security) and HID (for identification technology).
In addition to its registered trade marks, the Complainant also owns several generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) such as <assaabloy.com> and country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) names comprised of or containing the ASSA ABLOY mark.
The Domain Names were registered on 13 January 2021 and on 28 March 2021.
The <CareersAssaAbloy.com> Domain Name was connected to a website using the Wordpress system, with the title of “ASSA ABLOY GROUP ca INTERVIEW ROOM”.
The Respondent has also used the <CareersAssaAbloy.com> Domain Name in connection with a false job offer placed on HypJobs.ca, and RapidInterviews.com for the role of "Shipping Manager". In those fake job offers, the Respondent stated that “Interested applicants (internal & external) can apply online at www.assaabloy.com/career or send their resumes to <careersassaabloy.com> ASSA ABLOY welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities.”.
The Respondent has also sent at least one mail from the e-mail address hr@careersassaabloy.com, impersonating an Assa Abloy employee. This scam e-mail requested the various pieces of personal and financial information from the addressee.
The website of <CareersAssaAbloy.org> is active but appears to be under construction.
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