The Complainant is a French private equity company founded in 1985. It operates in the sectors of transmission capital, venture capital, real estate and debt. The Complainant owns the trademark, LBO FRANCE, which predates the registration of the disputed domain name. It is also the registrant of the domain name <lbofrance.com>, which was created on 5 May 1999. The disputed domain name was registered on 4 September 2023. It resolves to a parking page. MX servers are configured.<\/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:The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name, <llbofrance.com>, is confusingly similar to its trademark LBO FRANCE. It says the addition of the letter “l” to its trademark is not sufficient to escape the finding that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark and is a clear case of typosquatting. The Complainant asserts that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and contends that: the Respondent is not related in any way with the Complainant; the Respondent is not identified as the disputed domain name in the Whois database nor known as the disputed domain name; the Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent; the Complainant has not licenced the Respondent to make any use of its trademark, nor authorised the Respondent to apply for registration of the disputed domain name; the Respondent is typo-squatting, that is, he has registered a domain name in an attempt to take advantage of Internet users’ typographical errors, which can be evidence that a respondent lacks rights and legitimate interests, see Forum Case No. 1597465, The Hackett Group, Inc. v. Brian Herns\/The Hackett Group; andthe disputed domain name resolves to a parking page, which demonstrates a lack of legitimate interests, see WIPO Case No. D2000 - 1164, Boeing Co. v. Bressi.The Complainant asserts that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith and asserts that: a Google search of the terms “LBO FRANCE” refers to the Complainant; the misspelling of the trademark, LBO FRANCE, was intentionally designed to be confusingly similar with the Complainant’s mark; and the disputed domain name was used for phishing activity, which is evidence of bad faith registration and use. 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, 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": [ "Veronica Bailey" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2023-10-31 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant owns EU trademark registration number 9227307 for LBO FRANCE, which was registered on 22 December 2010 in classes 35 and 36.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "llbofrance.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }