{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-104505", "time_of_filling": "2022-05-12 11:16:15", "domain_names": [ "tommyhilfigerphilippines.com", "tommyhilfigerauckland.com", "tommyhilfigerbudapest.com", "tommyhilfigergreeceshop.com", "tommyhilfigersalecanada.com", "tommyhilfigerukstores.com", "tommyhilfigerirelandsale.com", "tommyhilfigeralesuomi.com", "tommyhilfigermont.com", "tommyjeansjapan.com", "tommyhilfigersoldes.com", "tommyhilfiger-japan.com", "tommyhilfigeronlinesatis.com", "tommyhilfigerph.com", "tommyhilfigercanadaonline.com", "tommyhilfigersingaporesgsg.com", "tommyhilfigertracksuitsale.com", "tommyhilfigerwebshop.com", "tommyhilfigertorino.com", "tommyhilfigersaleie.com", "hilfigeroutletusa.com", "tommyoutletcanada.com", "tommyhilfigersingaporeoutlet.com", "hilfigersverige.com", "tommygreece.com", "tommyhilfigeronline.com", "tommyhilfigerpolskasklep.com", "tommyhilfigeronlinestore.com", "tommyirelandsale.com", "tommyhilfigeraus.com", "tommyhilfigercaoutlet.com", "tommyhilfigermyoutlet.com", "tommyhilfigernzoutlet.com", "tommyhilfigerphoutlet.com", "tommyhilfigersaleuk.com", "tommyhilfigersgoutlet.com", "tommyhilfigerza.com", "tommyusasale.com", "tommyhilfigerkorting.com", "tommyhilfigerpt.com", "tommyhilfigertroutlet.com", "tommyhilfigeruitverkoop.com", "tommyhilfigersklep.com", "tommyhilfigerar.com", "tommyhilfigerchileoutlet.com", "tommyhilfigercooutlet.com", "tommyhilfigerfi.com", "tommyhilfigergr.com", "tommyhilfigerbr.com", "tommyhilfigeroutletjp.com", "tommyhilfigersrbija.com", "hilfiger-philippines.com", "hilfigersuomi.com", "tommyhilfiger-budapest.com", "tommyhilfigerarg.com", "tommyhilfigerzagreb.com", "hilfigersouthafricas.com", "tommyhilfigerdurban.com", "tommyhilfigerkl.com", "hilfigersouthafricass.com" ], "case_administrator": "Denisa Bilík (CAC) (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Tommy Hilfiger Licensing B.V." ], "complainant_representative": "Coöperatieve Vereniging SNB-REACT U.A.", "respondent": [ "Web Commerce Communications Limited" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:\r\n\r\nThe Complainant, Tommy Hilfiger Licensing B.V., designs, sources, distributes, sells and markets fashion apparel, accessories and other products throughout the world under the trademarks TOMMY HILFIGER, HILFIGER, TOMMY JEANS, TOMMY and its visual mark consisting of a tricolor flag. In 2019, the Complainant’s global revenue was approximately US $9.2 billion, of which 11% is attributable to the Asia Pacific region and 44% is attributable to Europe. Its products are distributed and sold to consumers through department stores, retail stores and authorized e-commerce sites throughout the world, including the official e-commerce website launched in 2004 and located at the domain name. The Complainant (including the entity’s legal predecessors) has used the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks for several decades.\r\n\r\nThe earliest registration date of the disputed domains is November 24, 2021. All of the disputed domains were registered between November 24, 2021 and April 11, 2022. 43 disputed domain names resolve to websites that mimic the Complainant’s official website at and pass off the Respondent as the Complainant by featuring the Complainant’s trademarks, the exact same ‘favicon’ (favicon.ico image), consisting of the Complainant’s registered trademark for the Tommy Hilfiger flag TOMMY HILFIGER & Flag visual mark at the top of every one of its active websites and placing a false and misleading copyright notice in its footer; and claiming it owns copyrights in the content \/ products offered on the websites.\r\n\r\n17 other disputed domain names have not resolved to an active 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 names.", "no_response_filed": "NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED.\r\n\r\nPARTIES' CONTENTIONS:\r\n\r\nCOMPLAINANT:\r\ni) The Complainant owns rights in the word marks ‘TOMMY HILFIGER,’ ‘TOMMY,’ ‘HILFIGER,’ ‘TOMMY JEANS,’ and the figurative mark ‘TOMMY HILFIGER & flag.’ All of the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to the Complainant’s marks because the disputed domain names contain one of the Complainant’s trademarks followed by one or more descriptive terms or acronyms or are comprised of a combination of a geographical term and\/or a descriptive term.\r\n\r\nii) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain names. Most of the disputed domain names resolve to websites that mimic the Complainant’s official website at and pass off the Respondent as the Complainant by featuring the Complainant’s trademarks, the exact same ‘favicon’ (favicon.ico image), consisting of the Complainant’s registered trademark for the Tommy Hilfiger flag TOMMY HILFIGER & Flag visual mark at the top of every one of its active websites and placing a false and misleading copyright notice in its footer; and claiming it owns copyrights in the content \/ products offered on the websites. Some other disputed domain names have not resolved to an active website. Use of the Complainant’s marks to imitate the Complainant’s genuine website or passive holding of the disputed domain names cannot constitute a bona fide offering of goods or services. The Respondent has not been commonly known by the disputed domain names. The Respondent is not making a legitimate, non-commercial or fair use of the disputed domain names. \r\n\r\niii) The Respondent has registered and is using the disputed domain names in bad faith. The earliest registration date of the disputed domains by the Respondent is November 24, 2021, which is several decades after the Complainant commenced its use of the trademarks. The Respondent has registered the domain names in order to prevent the Complainant from reflecting the Complainant’s marks in the disputed domain names, and engaged in a pattern of such conduct. The Respondent had actual knowledge of the Complainant’s rights in the trademarks prior to the registration of the disputed domain names. The impersonation and passing off as being an outlet of the Complainant is misleading and confuses consumers, and amounts to bad faith. It is relevant that the Respondent uses a privacy protection service on every single domain name to hide its true identity. As for the websites that do not currently resolve to an active website, non-use of the disputed domain names does not prevent a finding of bad faith under the doctrine of passive holding.\r\n\r\nRESPONDENT:\r\nRespondent did not submit a response in this proceeding.", "rights": "The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain names are 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 names (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 names have been registered and are 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": [ "Mr. Ho-Hyun Nahm, Esq." ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2022-06-27 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant owns rights in the word marks ‘TOMMY HILFIGER,’ ‘TOMMY,’ ‘HILFIGER,’ and ‘TOMMY JEANS’; and figurative marks associated with the word ‘TOMMY HILFIGER’ in several countries and regions, inter alia:\r\n\r\nThe word mark ‘TOMMY HILFIGER’\r\n-Benelux Reg. No. 587912 registered on December 1, 1996 \r\n-EUIPO Reg. No. 131706 registered on October 16, 1998\r\n-International Reg. No. 1270616 registered on July 29, 2015\r\n\r\nThe word mark ‘TOMMY’ \r\n-Benelux Reg. No. 1397747 registered on September 17, 2019\r\n-EUIPO Reg. No. 18093680 registered on December 21, 2019\r\n\r\nThe word mark for ‘HILFIGER’\r\n-EUIPO Reg. No. 10451383 registered on May 2, 2012\r\n-International Reg. No. 1170031 registered on November 7, 2012 \r\n\r\nThe word mark ‘TOMMY JEANS’\r\n-Benelux Reg. No. 808824 registered on February 1, 1995\r\n-EUIPO Reg. No. 1233923 registered on October 31, 2005\r\n-International Reg. No. 1393619 registered on August 28, 2017.\r\n\r\nThe figurative mark ‘TOMMY HILFIGER & Flag’\r\n-Benelux Reg. No. 950232 registered on March 31, 2014\r\n-EUIPO Reg. No. 1225683 registered on May 16, 2014\r\n-International Reg. No. 1225683 registered on May 16, 2014.\r\n\r\nThe figurative mark ‘Tommy Hilfiger flag logo’ \r\n-EUIPO Reg. 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