The Complainant is an online bank launched in October 2009 by the Crédit Agricole Regional Banks. It offers daily banking, savings, investment and credit (consumer and real estate) services. The Complainant is the owner of several registrations for the trademark BFORBANK, such as the European trademark number 8335598 registered since June 2 , 2009. The Complainant also owns a number of related domain names including <bforbank.com>, registered since January 1,2009. The disputed domain names were registered on January 26 , 2024 and resolve to parking pages with commercial links, some of them related to the Complainant.<\/p>\n
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The disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark as they are obvious misspellings thereof. The domain names also add either the “.com” or the “.online” TLD. Further, the disputed domain names resolve to websites sponsoring links to other businesses, many of them including mention of the Complainant’s name. The Respondent thus has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name, it is not authorised to use the Complainant’s trademark, it is not commonly known by the name, and it is not making a bona fide or fair use of the disputed domain names. Further, typosquatting of the Complainant‘s trademark for domain names that resolve to websites with monetized links indicates that the disputed domain names were registered and used in bad faith.<\/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 names.<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "
Complainant´s contentions are summarized 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 names are 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 names (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 names have been registered and are 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": [ "Steven Levy" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-02-28 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of EU trademark registration number 008335598 for BforBank in Classes 9, 35, 36, 38, filed on February 6, 2009 and registered on August 12, 2009.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "bforbankc.online": "TRANSFERRED", "bforbankk.com": "TRANSFERRED", "bforbankk.online": "TRANSFERRED", "bforbankr.online": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }