It results from the Complainant’s undisputed allegations that it is the worldwide IKEA franchisor and responsible for developing and supplying the global IKEA range. The IKEA Group is active in the home furnishing sector with more than four hundred stores and has roughly 231,000 employees worldwide reaching more than sixty markets and 822 million visitors per year. It was founded in Älmhult, a small Swedish village in the countryside, in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad to sell household. The international expansion of the IKEA business began with establishments of small start-up stores in Norway in 1963 and in Denmark in 1969. Then, in 1973 the first IKEA store outside Scandinavia was established in Switzerland, followed by stores in Germany in the coming years. In 1980s IKEA expands noticeably into new markets such as U.S., Italy, France and the UK. The Complainant started its retail operations in U.S. in 1985 and now it operates with a network of fifty-three stores.<\/p>\n
The Complainant further contends its trademark IKEA be distinctive and well-known all around the world, including in US, where the Respondent is located.<\/p>\n
The Complainant uses the domain name <ikea.com> to connect to a website, launched in 1997, through which it advertises and sell its IKEA related products and services.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <1kea.com> was registered on November 13, 2017. It is offered for sale via Sedo platform (for a minimum offer amount of 500 USD).<\/p>\n
On November 30, 2022 a cease-and-desist letter was sent by the Complainant’s authorized representative to the Respondent requesting to refrain from using the disputed domain name as well as to transfer the disputed domain name to the Complainant. There was no reply and no comply to this request.<\/p>", "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.<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "
The Complainant submits that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it.<\/p>\n
NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED. <\/p>", "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).<\/p>", "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).<\/p>", "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).<\/p>", "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.<\/p>", "decision": "Accepted", "panelists": [ "Dr. Federica Togo" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2023-01-23 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the registered owner of several trademarks worldwide consisting of and or containing the term “IKEA”, amongst others of U.S. Trademark Registration n. 1661360 IKEA (word) registered on October 22, 1991 in classes 30, 41, 18, 29, 39, 25, 36, 2, 35, 31; European Union Trademark Registration n. 000109652 IKEA (word) registered on October 1, 1998 in classes 2, 8, 11, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "1kea.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }