{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-105041",
    "time_of_filling": "2022-12-09 09:15:19",
    "domain_names": [
        "sephorabeautysalon.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Denisa Bilík (CAC) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "SEPHORA SAS"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "INSIDERS",
    "respondent": [
        "Mahmood banafe"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>Commencing in 1970, the Complainant has sold cosmetics and beauty products under trademark SEPHORA. The Respondent uses the disputed domain name to promote its operation of a beauty salon in the USA state of New Jersey.<\/p>",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "<p>The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings which are pending or decided and which relate to the disputed domain name.<\/p>",
    "no_response_filed": "<p>COMPLAINANT:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span>The Complainant was founded in France in 1970 and today it is a well-known cosmetics retail company, operating over 2,700 stores in 35 countries worldwide, with an expanding base of over 500 stores across the Americas, and a world-class ecommerce site at sephora.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The disputed domain name &lt;sephorabeautysalon.com&gt; was registered on November 8, 2019 and resolves to a beauty salon website, where the salon&rsquo;s offer is presented along with the possibility of making an appointment. The beauty salon is in New Jersey and is called Sephora Beauty Salon. Further, Sephora Beauty Salon LLC was registered as a company in 2019. The Respondent is not affiliated with the Complainant and a search on Google.com did not show any relevant results about this business or its owner. The Complainant had the Respondent&rsquo;s related Instagram and Facebook accounts shut down and the Complainant tried to contact the Respondent by mail and by phone in order to find an amicable solution but with no success.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>RESPONDENT:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED.<\/p>",
    "rights": "<p>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).<\/p>",
    "no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": "<p>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).<\/p>",
    "bad_faith": "<p>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).<\/p>",
    "procedural_factors": "<p>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.<\/p>",
    "decision": "Accepted",
    "panelists": [
        "Steven Levy"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2023-01-05 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p><span>The Complainant owns Trademark Registrations for the mark SEPHORA including the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>United States Trademark No. 2431967 registered on February 27, 2001<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>International Trademark No. 1462976 registered on September 25, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "sephorabeautysalon.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}