{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-104528",
    "time_of_filling": "2022-04-27 09:37:04",
    "domain_names": [
        "arcselormittal.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "  Iveta Špiclová   (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "ARCELORMITTAL (SA)"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.",
    "respondent": [
        "Jacob Slaten"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:\r\n\r\nThe Complainant is a well-established 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. \r\n\r\nThe disputed domain name <arcselormittal.com> was registered on 20 April, 2022, and is not currently used in connection with any goods or services as it results in an inactive webpage.\r\n\r\nNo information is known about the Respondent who registered the disputed domain name <arcselormittal.com> under a proxy.  ",
    "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": "PARTIES' CONTENTIONS:\r\n\r\nCOMPLAINANT:\r\n\r\nIdentical or confusingly similar\r\n\r\nThe Complainant argues that the disputed domain name <arcselormittal.com> and the Complainant's registered trademark are confusingly similar. \r\n\r\nParticularly, the Complainant contends that the disputed domain name <arcselormittal.com> contains an obvious misspelling of the Complainant’s trademark ARCELORMITTAL by adding the letter “S” in the middle of the trademark name and considers the present situation is a clear case of “typosquatting”.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant also points out that the applicable Top-Level suffix “-.com” does not per se prevent the likelihood of confusion.\r\n\r\n\r\nNo rights or legitimate interests\r\n\r\nThe Complainant argues that that the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name or a name corresponding to the disputed domain name, and that the Respondent is making any businesses with the Complainant. Moreover, the Complainant states that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name <arcselormittal.com> and is not related in any way with the Complainant. The Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent.\r\n\r\nAccording to the Complainant, neither license nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use of the Complainant’s trademark ARCELORMITTAL or apply for registration of the disputed domain name by the Complainant.\r\n\r\n\r\nRegistered and used in bad faith\r\n\r\nAs far as bad faith registration is concerned, the Complainant states due to its worldwide presence and considering that the Complainant’s trademark ARCELORMITTAL has been widely used and is well-known, the Respondent certainly had full knowledge of the Complainant rights over the name ARCELORMITTAL at the time of the disputed domain name’s registration.\r\n\r\nMoreover, the Complainant contends that, despite that the disputed domain name has not been used until now, MX servers were configured which suggests that it may be actively used for e-mail purposes. Therefore, according to the Complainant, the inactivity of the Respondent may lead to active use shortly, and thus the current inactive use is a clear case of use of the domain name in bad faith. \r\n\r\nThus, according to the Complainant, the Respondent registered the disputed domain name <arcselormittal.com> and is using it in bad faith.\r\n\r\n\r\nRESPONDENT:\r\n\r\nNo 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 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": [
        "JUDr. Hana Císlerová, LL.M."
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2022-05-27 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant is the owner of the International trademark registration No. 947686 for ARCELORMITTAL (word mark), registered on 3 August 2007.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant also owns an important domain names portfolio containing its trademarks, such as the domain name < arcelormittal.com> registered since 27 January 2006.  ",
    "decision_domains": {
        "ARCSELORMITTAL.COM": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}