{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-106336", "time_of_filling": "2024-03-20 09:35:45", "domain_names": [ "sampogroup.info" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Sampo Oyj" ], "complainant_representative": "Hannu Halmetoja (Berggren Oy)", "respondent": [ "Theresa Lampman" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant, Sampo Oyj, is a Finnish public company, providing financial and insurance services. The Complainant is listed in the Nasdaq Helsinki (previously the Helsinki Stock Exchange) since 1988, and as the Sampo Group parent company, it controls the Sampo Group’s strategy, capital allocation, capitalization investment philosophy and reporting, risk management, group accounts, investor relations, sustainability, as well as legal and tax matters.<\/p>\n

Sampo Group operates in Europe having main markets in the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries, Poland and the UK and employs more than 13,000 professionals of various fields.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name <sampogroup.info> was registered by the Respondent on 18 December 2023 and at the moment resolves to a blank page. Nevertheless, the Complainant claims that the disputed domain name used to have an active webpage placed at it with sponsored, pay-per-click advertisement to websites of the competitive companies.<\/p>\n

No information is known about the Respondent who did not file any statement of arguments in this proceeding.<\/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' CONTENTIONS:<\/p>\n

Identical or confusingly similar<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Complainant argues that the disputed domain name <sampogroup.info> and the Complainant's registered trademark “SAMPO” and “SAMPO GROUP” are confusingly similar.<\/p>\n

Particularly, the Complainant contends that its trademark is fully contained within the disputed domain name and argues that the applicable Top-Level suffix “.info”, as a technical part of the disputed domain name, is not relevant for examination of the similarity between the Complainant’s trademarks and the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n

No rights or legitimate interests<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Complainant argues that there is no evidence at all that the Respondent is commonly known by the disputed domain name or a name corresponding to the disputed domain name, nor that the Respondent is making any businesses with the Complainant.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Complainant states that according to the searches conducted on the Internet and in the trademark databases, the Respondent does not have any rights preceding those of the Complainant to the name “SAMPO” or “SAMPO GROUP” and argues that the Respondent is neither affiliated with the Complainant nor authorized by it in any way to use the trademarks “SAMPO” or “SAMPO GROUP”. The Complainant states also that it does not have any business relation with the Respondent.<\/p>\n

Registered and used in bad faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

As far as bad faith registration is concerned, the Complainant states that the Respondent intentionally acquired and used the disputed domain name to gain illicit monetary profit and potentially access sensitive data of the Complainant’s potential clients, to whom the Respondent was sending emails by fraudulently giving the impression of being the Complainant’s “employment supervisor”.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Complainant is especially concerned about such fraudulent emails sent by the Respondent from the email address Douglas Farley: “douglasfarley@sampogroup.info\" and related to fraudulent job advertisements on Career Builder (careerbuilder.com).<\/p>\n

In this regard, the Complainant concludes that based on the emails alone, it is evident that the Respondent has acted in bad faith and could potentially cause significant harm to the Complainant and their SAMPO trademarks.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the Complainant contends that the website available on the disputed domain name includes direct links and advertisements to, for example, Sampo’s competitors' websites. In addition to the above-described fraudulent activities related to the emails, the Complaint therefore claims that the Respondent has registered the domain and established a website to receive ad revenue by taking advantage of the Complainant's rights on the website, which is a hallmark of bad faith.<\/p>\n

RESPONDENT'S CONTENTIONS:<\/p>\n

The Respondent has not responded to the Complaint.<\/p>", "rights": "

The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to trademark 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 in bad faith (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy).<\/p>", "procedural_factors": "

Administrative Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/strong>The Complainant elected to have the present dispute decided by a three-member Administrative Panel. The Czech Arbitration Court appointed the following Panellists:<\/p>\n

Hana Císlerová<\/p>\n

Lars Karnoe<\/p>\n

Selma Ünlü<\/p>\n

who accepted to serve as Panellists in this administrative proceeding.<\/p>\n

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": [ "Hana Císlerová", "Lars Karnoe", "Mrs Selma Ünlü" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-04-30 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainant relies namely on the following trademark registrations:<\/p>\n