The Complainant is a public listed company incorporated in the UK and is authorised and regulated by the UK and French competent authorities to operate Multilateral Trading Facility businesses.<\/p>\n
The Complainant provides stock exchanges, trading venues and associated technology.<\/p>\n
The Complainant states that it is a very well established and trusted company and part of the financial infrastructure in the UK and EU with an international reputation.<\/p>\n
The Complainant considers that the disputed domain name is substantially identical and confusingly similar to the “AQUIS EXCHANGE\" trademark.<\/p>\n
The Complainant underlines that it does not know the Respondent.<\/p>\n
The Complainant points out that it has not authorized any third party to use its trademarks or register any domain name corresponding to them on its behalf.<\/p>\n
The Complainant submits that the wording Aquis-Exchange has no generic meaning and there is no legitimate reason for the Respondent to have registered the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n
The Complainant observes that it is a listed company in the UK and France, and has been known as “AQUIS EXCHANGE\" for over ten years, therefore it is inconceivable that at the time of registration the Respondent did not know the Complainant.
The Complainant contends that the Respondent is not using the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services.
The Complainant adds that the Respondent has not been commonly known as Aquis-Exchange.
The Complainant argues that the disputed domain name was registered after the registration of the Complainant's trademarks and after over ten years of the Complainant's trading activity under the name \"Aquis Exchange\".
The Complainant adds that the Respondent made phishing attempts using an email address associated with the disputed domain name and considers such attempts as evidence of bad faith. <\/p>\n
The Complainant concludes that the disputed domain name was both registered and is being used in bad faith.<\/p>\n
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<\/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´s contentions are summarised above.<\/p>\n
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": [ "Michele Antonini" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2023-11-05 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the registrant, among others, of the EU trademark registration No. 012178877 “AQUIS EXCHANGE\", registered on March 5, 2014, for goods and services in classes 9, 35, 36 and 42.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered by the Respondent on June 27, 2023.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "aquis-exchange.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }