{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-100803",
    "time_of_filling": "2014-05-27 13:56:41",
    "domain_names": [
        "dafa44.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Lada Válková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Emphasis Services Limited"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": null,
    "respondent": [
        "Tempel Butac"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "The Complainant, through its subsidiaries, operates websites offering online gaming and betting with licenses issued in the Philippines and the Isle of Man. The Complainant owns and operates several gaming sites under the brand “Dafa” (i.e. dafabet.com & dafa888.com). The Complainant has, for 12 years, used the name “Dafa” in varying combinations to designate its online gaming and betting offerings. \r\n\r\nThe Complainant in fact, has registered its rights over the brand “Dafa” in Malaysia and Hong Kong and has likewise secured a CTM registration [under the name of its wholly owned subsidiary Asian BGE (Isle of Man) Limited] for the name and graphic representation (logo) for “Dafabet”.\r\n\r\n“Dafabet” is a well-known mark and is currently the shirt sponsor for the Aston Villa Football Club and an official partner for the Everton Football Club, both playing with the English Premier League (where the Dafabet mark and logo are prominently displayed). Further, Dafabet is also the sponsor of the name sponsor for the recently concluded World Snooker Championship. \r\n",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings which are pending or decided and which relate to the disputed domain name.",
    "no_response_filed": "NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED.\r\n",
    "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": [
        "Dominik Eickemeier"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2014-07-07 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "Complainant states and provides evidence in support thereof, that it is the owner of numerous trademark registrations that contain the word DAFA in the European Union and in Hong Kong and Malaysia.",
    "decision_domains": {
        "DAFA44.COM": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}