The Complainant is a German family-owned pharmaceutical group of companies with roots going back to 1885, when it was founded by Albert Boehringer (1861-1939) in Ingelheim am Rhein. Ever since, Boehringer has become a global research-driven pharmaceutical enterprise and has today about 140 affiliated companies world-wide with roughly 46,000 employees. The two main business areas of Boehringer are: Human Pharmaceuticals and Animal Health. In 2013 alone, net sales of the Boehringer group of companies amounted to about EUR 14.1 billion.<\/p>\n
In addition to the portfolio of trademarks, the Complainant owns multiple domain names consisting in the wording “Boehringer”, such as <boehringer.com> since January 12, 2000.<\/p>\n
The domain name in dispute <borhringer.com> (hereafter, the “Disputed Domain Name”) was registered on December 19, 2022 by Respondent. According to the evidence submitted by Complainant Respondent redirects the Disputed Domain Name to commercial links containing the word “ringer.”<\/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 owns rights in the word mark BOEHRINGER® which predates the registration of the Disputed Domain Name by many years. Respondent’s registration of the Disputed Domain Name varies from the mark by replacing the letter “e” with an “r.” The Complainant contends that it has no business relationship with Respondent, did not authorize it to register the Disputed Domain Name, and states that the Respondent is using the Disputed Domain Name to attract Internet visitors to its website with links to “ringer” websites. The Panel has accessed the Disputed Domain Name and notes that Respondent has exchanged the “ringer” links to other links without any implied association with the Complainant.<\/p>\n
RESPONDENT:<\/p>\n
The Respondent has not appeared formally or informally to controvert the evidence submitted by the Complainant. <\/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": [ "Gerald Levine Ph.D, Esq." ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2023-02-01 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant owns a large portfolio of trademarks including the wording “BOEHRINGER” in several countries, such as the BOEHRINGER® international registration number 799761 since December 2, 2002.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "borhringer.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }