{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-102565",
    "time_of_filling": "2019-07-15 13:05:20",
    "domain_names": [
        "barry-caiiebaut.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "  Iveta Špiclová   (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Barry Callebaut AG",
        "Barry Callebaut Belgium NV"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "Adlex Solicitors",
    "respondent": [
        "Kenny L"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "The first Complainant (Barry Callebaut AG) is the holding company of the Barry Callebaut international group of companies (“Group”) and was incorporated in 1994. The second Complainant (Barry Callebaut Belgium NV) is the main trading company for chocolate within the Group and was incorporated in 1989.\r\n\r\nThe Complainants contend that the Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products. It procures, processes, manufactures and supplies cocoa-based ingredients, e.g. cocoa powder, cocoa butter and chocolate, (as well as nut-based ingredients and decorations) to food manufacturers and it also supplies cocoa-, nut- and fruit-based food ingredients and decorations to food service businesses, including hotels, bakery chains, restaurants and airlines. The Group was established in 1996 following a merger of the French firm Cacao Barry and the Belgian firm Callebaut.\r\n\r\nSince 1996, the Group has traded under the brand name “Barry Callebaut”. While the Group owns a number of other brands, “Barry Callebaut” is the house brand, used as the branding on many of the Group’s bulk cocoa products such as cocoa powder, cocoa butter and chocolate and it is also generally displayed in conjunction with each of the Group’s other brands. The Group has more than 11,500 employees operating in over 30 countries and maintains over 60 production facilities worldwide, including in China, Canada, Brazil, India, Japan, Ivory Coast, Germany and Russia. In the industrial chocolate market, the Group has a 40% market share in the open market, meaning its products are present in one out of five chocolate products consumed around the world.\r\n\r\nThe “Barry Callebaut” brand is the largest of the Complainants’ brands in terms of turnover. The Group’s annual total marketing expenditure specifically in relation to the name “Barry Callebaut” is approximately €3 to €4 million. The Group’s marketing of its “Barry Callebaut” trade mark has included print media advertising, promotional brochures, attending trade fairs. \r\n\r\nThe Group has operated its main website at www.barry-callebaut.com since approximately 1997. By way of example, there were approximately 2.3 million users and 15.1 million page views of the site over the period 2010-2014, with over one million users and six million page views between January 2013 and December 2014.\r\n\r\nThe disputed domain name was registered on 7 April 2019. As at 18 April 2019 there was no website available at the disputed domain name, just a technical index page. During April 2019 the Complainant communicated with the disputed domain name registrar, but the registrar ceased communicating with the Complainant’s solicitors.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant relies on its registered trade marks. The Complainant also relies on common law rights. By virtue of its extensive trading and marketing activities outlined above, the Complainant has acquired substantial reputation and goodwill in the name “Barry Callebaut” such that it is recognised by the public as distinctive of the Complainant’s business.\r\n\r\nThe disputed domain name differs only by the substitution of the letters “ii” in place of the letters “ll” in the word “callebaut”, thus creating a misspelling of the Complainant’s trade mark “Barry Callebaut”. This has the obvious potential to cause confusion with the Complainant’s trade mark both visually and phonetically. The Complainant’s trade mark remains readily identifiable within the disputed domain name.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant has no association with the Respondent and has never authorised or licensed the Respondent to use its trade marks. There is no evidence that the Respondent has ever actively used the disputed domain name at all. There is no evidence that the Respondent has been commonly known by the names comprised in the disputed domain name. And there is no evidence that the Respondent has ever used the disputed domain name, let alone in a non-commercial or fair manner.\r\n\r\nThe non-use of a domain name (including a blank or “coming soon” page) would not prevent a finding of bad faith under the doctrine of passive holding. While panels will look at the totality of the circumstances in each case, factors that have been considered relevant include: (i) the degree of distinctiveness or reputation of the complainant’s mark, (ii) the failure of the respondent to submit a response or to provide any evidence of actual or contemplated good-faith use, (iii) the respondent’s concealing its identity or use of false contact details (noted to be in breach of its registration agreement), and (iv) the implausibility of any good faith use to which the domain name may be put.\r\n\r\nIn this case the Complainant relies on the following factors as evidencing bad faith by passive holding. The Complainant has a well-known and highly distinctive trade mark. It is inconceivable that the Respondent registered the Domain independently of that trade mark; the Domain is explicable only as a deliberate misspelling of the Complainant’s trade mark. It is impossible to conceive of a good faith use of the Domain.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant suspects that the disputed domain name has been registered for use as part of a fraudulent phishing exercise. The Complainant and its customers \/ suppliers have been subject to such attempts before and indeed the Complainant has won a number of previous domain name cases relating to such fraudulent typosquatting activities.  ",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "The Panel is not aware of any other proceedings related to the disputed domain name.",
    "no_response_filed": "NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED.",
    "rights": "The Complainants have, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the first Complainant has rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy).",
    "no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": "The Complainants have, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Respondent to have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy).",
    "bad_faith": "The Complainants have, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed 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": [
        "JUDr. Petr Hostaš"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2019-08-12 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The first Complainant (Barry Callebaut AG) is the owner of registered trademarks for the term “Barry Callebaut” including the international trademark no 702211 “Barry Callebaut” registered since 1998 in classes 29 and 30. The Barry Callebaut international group of companies also operates the domain name <barry-callebaut.com> since 1997. The disputed domain name <barry-caiiebaut.com> was registered on 7 April 2019.  ",
    "decision_domains": {
        "BARRY-CAIIEBAUT.COM": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}