{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-103101",
    "time_of_filling": "2020-06-19 10:21:19",
    "domain_names": [
        "bnp-parisbas.net"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Šárka Glasslová (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "BNP PARIBAS"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "Nameshield (Enora Millocheau)",
    "respondent": [
        "BNP-parisbas"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:\r\n\r\nThe Complainant is an international banking group with a presence in 72 countries, and one of the largest banks in the world. With more than 202 624 employees and EUR 7.5 billion in net profit in 2018, the Complainant is a leading bank in the Eurozone and a prominent international banking institution. \r\n\r\nThe Complainant maintains official websites at the domain names <bnpparibas.com> and <bnpparibas.net>, both registered since 1999, and <bnpparibas.pro>, registered since 2008.\r\n\r\nThe disputed domain name was registered on 22 November 2018 and is currently inactive. According to the Complainant, it previously resolved to a website displaying the Complainant’s trademarks, logo and color scheme, and information regarding its activities.\r\n\r\n\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\r\nPARTIES' CONTENTIONS:\r\n\r\nCOMPLAINANT:\r\n\r\nThe Complainant states that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the BNP PARIBAS trademark, a misspelling of which is incorporated in the disputed domain name. According to the Complainant, the addition of a hyphen and the letter “s” in the disputed domain name is an example of typosquatting and is not sufficient to avoid the likelihood of confusion with the BNP PARIBAS trademark.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name, as the Respondent is not affiliated with the Complainant or authorized by the latter to use the BNP PARIBAS trademark. According to the Complainant, the disputed domain name is a typosquatted version of the BNP PARIBAS trademark, and was registered in an attempt to take advantage of Internet users’ typographical errors. The Complainant points out that the disputed domain name used to resolve to a website displaying information related to the Complainant’s activities and its logo and trademarks, which allegedly shows that the Respondent attempted to pass off the Complainant.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant contends that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. According to the Complainant, in view of the distinctiveness of the BNP PARIBAS trademark and its reputation, the Respondent must have registered and used the disputed domain name with knowledge of the trademark, and further indications for such knowledge are that the disputed domain name is a typosquatted version of the BNP PARIBAS trademark and that the disputed domain name used to resolve to a website displaying information related to the Complainant’s activities and its logo and trademarks. On the basis of the above, the Complainant contends that by registering and using the disputed domain name, the Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s trademarks as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the Respondent’s website.\r\n\r\nRESPONDENT:\r\n\r\nThe Respondent did not reply to the Complainant's contentions and did not submit any arguments or evidence in its defense. \r\n\r\n",
    "rights": "The Complainant has, 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 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 disputed 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 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": [
        "Assen Alexiev"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2020-07-28 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant is the owner of the following trademark registrations for the sign BNP PARIBAS (the “BNP PARIBAS trademark”):\r\n\r\n- the International trademark BNP PARIBAS with registration No. 728598, registered on 23 February 2000 for services in International Classes 35, 36 and 38; \r\n\r\n- the International trademark BNP PARIBAS with registration No. 745220, registered on 18 September 2000 for goods and services in International Classes 9, 35, 36 and 38; and\r\n\r\n- the International trademark BNP PARIBAS with registration No. 876031, registered on 24 November 2005 for goods and services in International Classes 9, 35, 36 and 38.\r\n",
    "decision_domains": {
        "BNP-PARISBAS.NET": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}