{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-104108",
    "time_of_filling": "2021-11-01 11:22:42",
    "domain_names": [
        "championsleaguefinalexperience.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Denisa Bilík (CAC) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA)"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "Stobbs IP Ltd",
    "respondent": [
        "Dennis Schreiner \/ ABSOLUT Sport GmbH"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": "Sven Piel (BluePort Legal Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB)",
    "factual_background": "FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:\r\n\r\n1. The Complainant is the governing body of European football and the umbrella organisation for 55 national associations. It organizes the UEFA Champions League, one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations.\r\n\r\n2. It results from the registrar verification that the current Registrant registered the disputed domain name on 10 August 2018. The language of the registration agreement is German.\r\n\r\n3. According to the undisputed evidence provided by the Complainant, the disputed domain name resolves to a commercial website which advertises packages for football events related to said Champions League organised by the Complainant, namely the Champions League Final intended to be hosted in Turkey at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in May 2020.",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "The Respondent informed the Panel on 25 March 2022 - after the notification of his default - of a writ of summons that he submitted on that same 25 March 2022 to the District Court of Munich and which relates to the disputed domain name.",
    "no_response_filed": "NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED.\r\n",
    "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).",
    "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).",
    "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).",
    "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:\r\n\r\nIn particular, the Panel notes that the written notice of the Complaint was successfully delivered to the Respondent's e-mail address dennis.schreiner@absolut-sport.com on 5 November 2021. Nevertheless, no administratively compliant response has been submitted within the given term ending on 25 November 2021. Therefore, the ADR Center notified the parties on 26 November 2021 of the Respondent's default and proceeded to the appointment of the Panel.\r\n\r\nIn the following, the Parties agreed to suspend the proceedings first until 19 January 2022 and subsequently until 18 February 2022 and 22 March 2022, due to settlement negotiations. On 16 March 2022 the Complainant asked the ADR Center to resume proceedings and proceed to a decision. All this correspondence was submitted in English language.\r\n\r\nSubsequently, the Parties exchanged several nonstandard communications (again in English language):\r\n\r\n- On 21 March 2022 the Respondent informed the ADR Center that he intends to bring an action against the Complainant before ordinary courts in Germany.\r\n- On 22 March 2022 the Complainant requested the ADR Center to proceed with a final decision.\r\n- On 23 March 2022 the Respondent reserved all rights to assert any claims against the Czech Arbitration Court in the event that the Czech Arbitration Court will file a decision.\r\n- On 25 March 2022 the Respondent submitted a copy of a German language writ of summons that he filed on that same day with the District Court in Munich. No translation in English was provided.",
    "decision": "Accepted",
    "panelists": [
        "Dr. Tobias Malte Müller"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2022-04-01 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant is the registered owner of several trademarks consisting of or containing the terms CHAMPIONS LEAGUE in several classes and in numerous countries all over the world. Reference is particularly made to the (verbal) US American trademark registration n°5430429 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (filing date: 30 January 2017; registration date: 27 March 2018) for goods and services in classes 9, 12, 16, 18, 25, 28, 32, 36, 38.",
    "decision_domains": {
        "CHAMPIONSLEAGUEFINALEXPERIENCE.COM": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}