The Complainant, Veikkaus Oy, is a lottery, game of chance and betting service provider operating in
Finland. “Sports betting” is “urheiluveikkaus” in Finnish.<\/p>\n
One of the most known games of the Complainant is sports betting. The Complainant is the only legally operating betting and game of chance service provider in Finland and owned by the Finnish State. It holds a monopoly position that is based on law. As the Finnish law contains rules and processes for use of the company’s profits for the benefit of the society, the games of Veikkaus enjoy strong goodwill.
The Complainant brought forward, that about 40 percent of Finnish adults play Veikkaus games and use their betting services weekly and for example more than 80 percent of adults have reported playing Veikkaus at least once.<\/p>\n
The Disputed Domain Name predates the rights of the Complainant.<\/p>\n
The Respondent has been using privacy shield to conceal its identity.<\/p>\n
The Respondent is a Maltesian citizen, using a hidden domain holder name, who is represented by his Registry. He was using the <URHEILUVEIKKAUS.COM> for commercial purposes about 15 years.<\/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": "
COMPLAINANT:<\/p>\n
The Complainant argues that given to the monopoly status of it in Finland, any references to the term “Veikkaus” on the website urheiluveikkaus.com refer to the Complainant company and contain significant and detailed similarities between trademarks and other intellectual property rights of the Complainant.<\/p>\n
Hence, the Complainant orders the transfer of the Disputed Domain Name.<\/p>\n
RESPONDENT: 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, not shown the Disputed Domain Name has been registered 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": "Rejected", "panelists": [ "Harald von Herget" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2023-01-26 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is Owner of trademarks in Finland. <\/span>The earliest application for a Trademark that includes the term “veikkaus” was on February 5th<\/sup>, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n E.g. he has following valid trademarks with the term VEIKKAUS:<\/span><\/p>\n Trademark: VEIKKAUS (word) Reg. No: 266351<\/span><\/p>\n Reg. Date: 08.04.2016<\/span><\/p>\n Classes: <\/span>9 16 28 35 36 38 41 42<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Trademark: VEIKKAUS (word) Reg. No.: 267852<\/span><\/p>\n Reg. date: 31.10.2016<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Complainant also provided evidence that he owns several domain names, e.g. <veikkaus.com>, <veikkaus.eu> and <veikkaus.fi>, without registration date.<\/p>\n The Disputed Domain Name <urheiluveikkaus.com> is registered on November 5th, 2007.<\/p>",
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"urheiluveikkaus.com": "REJECTED"
},
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