{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-105413",
    "time_of_filling": "2023-05-05 10:03:22",
    "domain_names": [
        "golaparis.com",
        "golashoessingapore.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "D. Jacobson & Sons Limited  "
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "TLT LLP",
    "respondent": [
        "Web Commerce Communications Limited"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant is a UK based designer, importer, seller and exporter of ladies', men's and children's footwear. The Complainant&rsquo;s customers in the UK, EU and US are able to purchase online the products through &lsquo;www.gola.co.uk&rsquo; and &lsquo;www.golausa.com&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant is the owner of the Trademark GOLA in multiple jurisdictions, which it has been reproduced in its entirety in the disputed domain names, affecting the Complainant&rsquo;s Trademark Rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disputed domain names &lt;<strong>golaparis.com<\/strong>&gt; registered on <strong>February 20, 2023<\/strong> and &lt;<strong>golashoessingapore.com<\/strong>&gt; was registered on <strong>March 6, 2023<\/strong>, resolve to websites with potential malicious and dangerous content.<\/p>",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings which are pending or decided and which relate to the disputed domain names.<\/p>",
    "no_response_filed": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>Complainant Contentions<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Complainant asserts that is the owner of the internationally famous registered trademark GOLA across multiple jurisdictions; that the Complainant has over many years and throughout the world sold hundreds of thousands of pairs of footwear and bags under the Trademark GOLA, which features on its client's products and promotional and advertising material, including through its domain names; that as a result, the Complainant has acquired substantial goodwill, notoriety and reputation over the Trademark GOLA in the UK and European Union in relation to its footwear products and business.<\/li>\n<li>The Complainant contends that the disputed domain names are identical or highly similar to its Trademark GOLA.<\/li>\n<li>The Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain names, due to are not connected with or authorized by the Complainant in any way, and as they are most likely being used to defraud third parties; that the Complainant has serious cause for concern that the Disputed Domains either are being or will be used fraudulently by the Respondent to obtain the personal and financial information of the Complainant&rsquo;s customers.<\/li>\n<li>The Complainant contends that the Infringing Domains have clearly been set up by the Respondent to mirror the Complainant&rsquo;s genuine website addresses, through use of the disputed domain names which include the Complainant&rsquo;s GOLA Trademarks.<\/li>\n<li>The Complainant contents that the registrations and use of the Disputed Domain Names by the Respondent and the use of the GOLA Trademarks will likely mislead relevant members of the public who are attempting to purchase products through the Disputed Domain Names into believing that they are doing so from the Complainant&rsquo;s genuine website or from a website that is in some way connected to or associated with the Complainant, contrary to the fact.<\/li>\n<li>The Complainant contends it is inconceivable that at the time of registration, the Respondent did not know of the similarity between the Disputed Domain Names and the Gola Domains and Trademarks as the Disputed Domain Names are materially identical to the Trademarks and the Gola Domains.<\/li>\n<li>The Complainant contends that the Disputed Domain Names were registered in bad faith as the sole purpose for their registration was and is to impersonate the Complainant for fraudulent purposes. The Respondent&rsquo;s impersonation of the Complainant is designed to deceive third parties into believing that the Disputed Domain Names are owned by the Complainant and is offering legitimate products, when in fact the Respondent is instead defrauding consumers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Respondent did not reply to any of the Complainant's contentions.<\/p>",
    "rights": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain names are 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 style=\"text-align: justify;\">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 names (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy).<\/p>",
    "bad_faith": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain names 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 style=\"text-align: justify;\">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": [
        "María Alejandra López García"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2023-06-05 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant is a UK based designer, importer, seller and exporter of ladies', men's and children's footwear. The Complainant&rsquo;s customers in the UK, EU and US are able to purchase online the products through &lsquo;www.gola.co.uk&rsquo; and &lsquo;www.golausa.com&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant owns the following Trademarks:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- UK Trademark GOLA, Reg. No. 00000272980, IC 25, registered on May 22, 1905, and in force until May 22, 2033.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- UK Trademark GOLA, Reg. No. 00001097140, IC 18, registered on June 14, 1978, and in force until June 14, 2029.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- EUIPO Trademark GOLA, Reg. No. 001909936, ICs 18, 25 and 28, registered on October 4, 2000, and in force until October 4, 2030.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- EUIPO Trademark GOLA, Reg. No. 003399681, ICs 5, 10, 12 and 35, registered on October 8, 2003, and in force until October 8, 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- EUIPO Trademark GOLA, Reg. No. 011567625, ICs 18, 25, and 35, registered on February 12, 2013, and in force until February 12, 2033.<\/p>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "golaparis.com": "TRANSFERRED",
        "golashoessingapore.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}