{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-106428", "time_of_filling": "2024-04-15 11:17:35", "domain_names": [ "Calco.com" ], "case_administrator": " Iveta Špiclová (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Sylvie Braat (Calco Group B.V.)" ], "complainant_representative": null, "respondent": [ "Palic Popiol" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Complainant states to be an IT consultant agency in Amsterdam, mainly active in the Netherlands and having approximately 600 co-workers.<\/p>\n

The Complainant has submitted evidence that it is the owner of the CALCO Trademarks as referred to above.<\/p>\n

The Complainant claims to be the owner of the domain name <calco.nl>.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name <calco.com> was first registered on January 12, 1998.  The Complainant obtained the disputed domain name <calco.com> on September 10, 2019.<\/p>\n

On March 23, 2024, the disputed domain name was transferred to the Respondent under fraudulent circumstances. The disputed domain name was transferred from the Complainant’s Registrar “TransIP” to the Respondent’s Registrar “Hostinger”, after the hacking of the Complainant’s account with TransIP. The hacker obtained the authentication code necessary for the domain name transfer. After the transfer of the disputed domain name to the Respondent, a ransom e-mail was sent to the CEO of the Complainant on April 4, 2024, in which the sender requested payment of 20 bitcoins by the following day (April 5, 2024) and in which the sender threatened to show explicit content on the website linked to the disputed domain name if payment would not be received in time. This ransom e-mail was sent by a person identified in the e-mail as “fabianvantveer” (using the e-mail address fabianvantveer@proton.me), and as “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” and “Liga Dzentelmenow”.<\/p>\n

Besides the disputed domain name, the Complainant's Dutch domain name <calco.nl> was also fraudulently transferred (also on March 23, 2024). This Dutch domain name was also mentioned in the ransom e-mail of April 4, 2024. However, the Dutch domain name has since been returned to the Complainant, following an intervention by the .nl naming authority SIDN.<\/p>\n

The Complainant tried to contact the Respondent and its registrar Hostinger various times to recover the disputed domain name, without any success.<\/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": "

The Complainant contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it.<\/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": [ "Bart Van Besien" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-05-16 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainant submitted evidence that it is the owner of the following trademarks (the “Trademarks”):<\/p>\n

- EU word trademark “CALCO”, filing nr. 016923013, filed on June 28, 2017, registered on October 31, 2017, for Nice classes 9, 35, 38, 41 and 42;<\/p>\n

- Benelux word trademark “CALCO”, filing nr. 1047340, registration nr. 751619, filed on January 12, 2004, registered on August 10, 2004, for Nice classes 9, 35 and 38.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "Calco.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }