{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-106236", "time_of_filling": "2024-02-07 09:53:35", "domain_names": [ "taxig7-iledefrance.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "G7" ], "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.", "respondent": [ "Taxi G7" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "
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The Complainant is a French company that is Europe's leading taxi operator. It provides its services under the aforesaid G7 trademark.\n
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The Complainant also owns several domain names including <taxis-g7.com> which it registered on January 17, 1997 and which it uses in its business.<\/p>\n

The Respondent registered the disputed domain name <taxig7-iledefrance.com> on February 2, 2024. The disputed domain name resolves to a website under construction which includes the G7 trademark and purports to offer taxi services that will compete with those of the Complainant.<\/p>\n

The Complainant is concerned that in creating the disputed domain name the Respondent has embodied the entirety of the G7 trademark in the disputed domain name and that the Respondent will continue to use it to resolve to the aforesaid website with the obvious potential for improper use, namely misleading internet users and causing confusion with the G7 trademark.<\/p>\n

It has therefore filed the Complaint to have the disputed domain name transferred to the Complainant.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>", "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": "

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A. COMPLAINANT<\/p>\n

The Complainant made the following contentions.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Complainant is Europe’s leading cab operator that was founded in 1905.<\/li>\n
  2. It owns a large portfolio of registered trademarks including the French (INPI) trademark for  G7, no. 4259547, registered on July 15, 2016 together with other European Union (EUIPO) trademarks for G7 and TAXIS G7 (collectively “the G7 trademark”).<\/li>\n
  3. The Complainant also owns many domain names that reflect the G7 trademark, such as <taxis-g7.com>, registered on January 17, 1997, which it uses in its business.<\/li>\n
  4. The Respondent registered the domain name <taxig7-iledefrance.com> (“the disputed domain name”) on February 2, 2024 and caused it to resolve to a website under construction offering services competitive with those of the Complainant.<\/li>\n
  5. The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the G7 trademark, as it incorporates the entirety of the G7 trademark and adds the geographic indicator “iledefrance\" which invokes the area where the Complainant operates and which cannot negate a finding of confusing similarity between the disputed domain name and the trademark.<\/li>\n
  6. The Respondent has also added the gTLD “.com” which likewise cannot negate a finding of confusing similarity between the disputed domain name and the trademark.<\/li>\n
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    The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Complainant contends that:<\/p>\n

    the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    • the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name;<\/li>\n
    • the Respondent is not related to the Complainant in any way and does not carry out any activity nor have any business with the Complainant.;<\/li>\n
    • the Complainant has not authorized the Respondent to register the disputed domain name or to make any use of the G7 trademark;<\/li>\n
    • the Respondent’s domain name points to a website that uses the disputed domain name that includes the G7 trademark and purports to be the website of a competitor of the Complainant;<\/li>\n
    • the Respondent’s use of the domain name is not a bona fide<\/em> offering of goods or services;<\/li>\n
    • the Respondent’s use of the domain name is not a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the domain name;<\/li>\n
    • the Respondent’s use of the domain name indicates that it is impersonating the Complainant, using its trademark in a disputed domain name and seeking to defraud or mislead internet users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

               The disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith because the Complainant claims that:<\/p>\n

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      • the domain name is confusingly similar to the G7 trademark and incorporates the entirety of that trademark;<\/li>\n
      • the domain name points to a website purporting to be that of a competitor of the Complainant ;<\/li>\n
      • internet search results for the term “taxig7 ile de france\" relate to the Complainant and its services;<\/li>\n
      • the Respondent registered and used the disputed domain name with actual knowledge of the Complainant’s trademark;<\/li>\n
      • the Complainant has registered and used the disputed domain name to attract internet users and disrupt the Complainant’s business by offering services in competition with those of the Complainant, and to cause confusion with the G7 trademark within the meaning of Policy¶¶4(b) (iii) and (iv) respectively.<\/li>\n
      • the Respondent has used the disputed domain name to impersonate the Complainant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            <\/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": [ "Neil Brown" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-03-01 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

        The Complainant has established by submitted evidence, that the Complainant is the registered owner of a large portfolio of registered trademarks including the French (INPI) trademark for G7, no. 4259547, registered on July 15, 2016 together with other European Union (EUIPO) trademarks for G7 and TAXIS G7 (collectively “the G7 trademark”).<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "taxig7-iledefrance.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }