The Complainant was founded by Ferdinando Bocconi in 1902 in memory of his son Luigi Bocconi who died in the Battle of Adua in 1896.<\/p>\n
The Complainant is a private Italian University specializing in teaching economic and social sciences, management, law and politics. The aim is to train students in the name of innovation, developing and integrating individual talent with business skills, favoring an educational model that gives equal importance to theoretical and practical knowledge. According to rankings drawn up by specialized agencies, the Complainant is one of the best universities in the world, ranking respectively 4th and 14th among the universities located in the European Union and abroad.<\/p>\n
The Complainant is the owner, amongst others, of the domain name <unibocconi.it> registered on June 12 2002, and used by the Complainant to promote its educational services under the trademark BOCCONI.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <dreambocconi.com> was registered on July 20, 2023, and resolves to a website offering assistance and lessons in preparation of admission tests to the University of the Complainant.<\/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 contends that the disputed domain name <dreambocconi.com> is confusingly similar to the trademark BOCCONI in which the Complainant has rights as it reproduces the trademark in its entirety with the mere addition of the descriptive word “dream” and the generic Top Level Domain (“gTLD”) “.com”.<\/p>\n
The Complainant submits that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name since: i) the Respondent does not use, and has not used, the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide<\/em> offering of goods or services, as the disputed domain name is being used in connection with an active website offering assistance, lessons and admission tests to the University of the Complainant; ii) the Respondent has no rights in the disputed domain name despite its false claim that “Dream Bocconi is a trademark of Catal Academy”, <\/em>since no trademark registrations were found for DREAM BOCCONI; iii) the Respondent is not a licensee of the Complainant and has in no way been authorized or allowed by the Complainant to use the BOCCONI mark in any way; and iv) the Respondent is using the disputed domain name to intentionally attempt to attract, confuse and profit from Internet users seeking the Complainant and its services, thus taking unfair advantage of the Complainant’s goodwill in the BOCCONI mark.<\/p>\n The Complainant claims that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name in bad faith because: i) the Respondent had actual knowledge of the Complainant, its trademark and its educational services at the time of registration, considering the composition of the disputed domain name and the content of the correspondent website, referring to the Complainant’s educational services and displaying a photograph of the Bocconi University’s campus; ii) the Respondent registered the disputed domain name in order to intentionally attempt to attract users searching for the Complainant’s educational services for commercial gain, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the website.<\/p>\n RESPONDENT<\/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": [
"Luca Barbero"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2024-01-25 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant has demonstrated ownership of registered trademark rights for BOCCONI for the purposes of standing to file a UDRP complaint.<\/p>\n The Complainant is the owner of several trademark registrations for BOCCONI, including the following:<\/p>\n - European Union trademark registration No. 007487978 for BOCCONI (word mark), filed on December 22, 2008, and registered on June 9, 2009, in classes 9, 16, 25, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43 and 45;<\/p>\n European Union trademark registration No. 007488018 for BOCCONI (figurative mark), filed on December 22, 2008, and registered on December 11, 2009, in international classes 9, 16, 25, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43 and 45.<\/p>",
"decision_domains": {
"dreambocconi.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}