{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-100776",
    "time_of_filling": "2014-03-17 14:35:16",
    "domain_names": [
        "Arcelormittaldistributionsolutionsukltd.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Lada Válková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "ArcelorMittal S.A."
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "Nameshield (Anne Morin)",
    "respondent": [
        "John Smeal"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "The Complainant, ARCEROLMITTAL S.A. is the largest steel producing company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging with operations in more than 60 countries. It holds sizeable captive supplies areas of raw materials and operates extensive distribution networks.\r\n\r\nThe company ARCELORMITTAL S.A. was established in 2006, a result of the takeover and merger of ARCELOR by MITTAL STEEL.\r\n\r\nARCELORMITTAL DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS UK LTD handles the downstream activity of ARCELORMITTAL S.A. This subsidiary consists of eight areas throughout the United Kingdom. It supplies a full range of steel products to UK industry.\r\n\r\nIt supplies all steel used in UK sectors, from the Automotive and Domestic Appliance segments to the Construction market and  General Industry. Its steel forms the critical foundation of a wide range of products and structures from kitchens to construction.  \r\n\r\nARCELORMITTAL DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS UK LTD is a part of the ArcelorMittal group, thereby providing its customers with direct access to the best mill lead-times,  a guarantee  of supply which comes from being the world´s biggest steelmaker and producing the most cutting edge developments in steel. \r\n\r\nOn March 17, 2014, the Complainant ARCELORMITTAL filed a complaint against the holder of the domain arcelormittaldistributionsolutionsukltd.com. \r\n\r\nBy various means, the Respondent was notified of the complaint and the commencement of the proceeding for an extrajudicial domain name settlement in the Czech Arbitration Court. The Resopndent was informed that the Complainant had initiated an extra-judicial conflict resolution proceeding in conformity with the Regulation on Dispute Resolution in the area of .com Domain names and the Addition Regulation of the Arbitration Court attached to Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic with which the Complainant seeks principally to transfer to itself the domain name in contention, that is arcelormittaldistributionsolutionsukltd.com. \r\n\r\nWith the Respondent having been adequately informed of the complaint, the latter has let the established response period expire without having responded nor opposed the complaint. \r\n\r\nIn short, the Complainant claims that:\r\n\r\nThe disputed domain name “arcelormittaldistributionsolutionsukltd.com” is confusingly similar to its trademark ARCELORMITTAL, to its domain names, and identical to its company name.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant confirms that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name and it is not related in any way with the Complainant`s business. The Respondent does not carry out any activity or business related with the Complainant, is not affiliated with it nor authorized by it in any way, and neither a license nor an authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use, or apply for registration of the disputed domain name by the Complainant.\r\n\r\nThe domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith. In this sense, the Respondent has registered the domain name with full knowledge of the Complainant´s trademarks and uses it for the purpose of misleading and diverting Internet traffic. Furthermore, the Complainant contends that the Respondent has registered the disputed domain in order to block it from registering it. \r\n\r\n\r\nThe Respondent was notified that an administrative proceeding has commenced against it pursuant to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy and Rules.\r\n\r\nThe proceeding was initiated on March 20, 2014. The deadline for filing a response on the on-line platform expired on April 09, 2014.\r\n\r\nThe Respondent never accessed the online platform.\r\n\r\nSince no reply was filed by the Respondent, the Czech Arbitration Court thereby entered a default decision against it,  in accordance with the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and the Supplemental Rules of the Czech Arbitration Court  and duly informed it of the decision.\r\n",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "The panel is not aware of the existence of other proceedings concerning the disputed domain name.",
    "no_response_filed": " No administratively compliant Response has been filed. ",
    "rights": "The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i)of the Policy).",
    "no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": "The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Respondent to have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Name (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(ii)of the Policy).",
    "bad_faith": "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).",
    "procedural_factors": "The Panel is satisfied that all procedural requirements under UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision.",
    "decision": "Accepted",
    "panelists": [
        "Enrique Batalla"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2014-04-24 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant is the owner of the international trademark ARCELORMITTAL, with trademark registration nº 947686, registration date August 03, 2007, expiration date August 03, 2017,and International classification of goods and services for trademark registration (Nice classification) 06, 07, 09, 12 19, 21, 39, 40, 41, 42. \r\n\r\nThe Complainant is also owner of the following domain names: “Arcelormittal.BIZ”, “arcelormittal.co.uk”, “arcelormittal.com”, “ARCELORMITTAL.COM”, “ARCELORMITTAL.MOBI”, “arcelormittal.net”, “ARCELORMITTAL.NET”, “ARCELORMITTAL.ORG”, “ARCELOR-MITTAL.BIZ”, “arcelor-mittal.com”, “ARCELOR-MITTAL.COM”, “ARCELOR-MITTAL.INFO”, “arcelor-mittal.net”, “ARCELOR-MITTAL.NET”, and “ARCELOR-MITTAL.ORG”.\r\n\r\nAll these domain names were registered prior to the registration of the disputed domain name “arcelormittaldistributionsolutionsukltd.com”.\r\n",
    "decision_domains": {
        "ARCELORMITTALDISTRIBUTIONSOLUTIONSUKLTD.COM": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}