{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-104475",
    "time_of_filling": "2022-04-08 08:33:22",
    "domain_names": [
        "uniqlomuseum.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Denisa Bilík (CAC) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Fast Retailing, Co. Ltd."
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "RODENBAUGH LAW",
    "respondent": [
        "De Gao"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "The Complainant offers clothing, footwear, headwear and fashion accessories  worldwide, under the brand UNIQLO.  The Complainant was originally founded in Yamaguchi, Japan, in 1949, but now operates more than 2,000 retail fashion stores worldwide.  The Complainant earned global revenues in excess of 600 billion yen in its fiscal year ending 2021.  As of November, 2021, there were more than 850 UNIQLO branded stores throughout China, including four global flagship stores in Shanghai. The Complainant has partnerships with both the Smithsonian Institute museum in the United States, and the Musée de Louvre in Paris, France.\r\n\r\nThe Respondent registered the disputed domain name on October 17, 2020, which currently resolves to a website published on Wordpress, which seems to have listings for clothing. The bottom of the website indicates a purported copyright owner named \"Uniqlo Museum\", but there is no other means provided to identify or contact the purported owner of the disputed domain name or website.",
    "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.",
    "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": [
        "Alfred Meijboom"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2022-05-10 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant is the owner of, inter alia, the following trademark registrations:\r\n- People's Republic of China (\"China\") trademark and device UNIQLO with nr. 1621299 of May 19, 2000 for goods in class 25;\r\n- Chinese trademark UNIQLO with nr. 1606281 of  May 19, 2000 for goods in class 9;\r\n- United States trademark UNIQLO with  nr. 2,720,333 filed on April 18, 2000 and registered on June 3, 2003 for goods in classes 24 and 25; and\r\n- United States trademark UNIQLO with nr. 3,254,014 filed on September 9, 2000 and registered on June 19, 2007 for services in class 35.",
    "decision_domains": {
        "UNIQLOMUSEUM.COM": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}