{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-106573", "time_of_filling": "2024-05-31 09:16:02", "domain_names": [ "infomaconnect.com" ], "case_administrator": " Iveta Špiclová (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Informa Connect Limited" ], "complainant_representative": "Stobbs IP Ltd", "respondent": [ "Carolina Rodrigues" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant is the subsidiary of an international publishing and events group. The Complainant’s parent, Informa PLC was incorporated in 1998. For the financial year ending 31 December 2023, the Parent’s underlying operating profit was £854 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Complainant’s parent business-to-business (B2B) markets include INFORMA MARKETS, INFORMA CONNECT, INFORMA TECH and INFORMA INVESTMENTS. INFORMA CONNECT market creates live and on-demand experiences based on unique content and platforms that enable professionals in a specialist market to meet, network, discuss and learn. <\/span><\/p>\n

Companies from the Complainant’s group hold several domain names which contain the mark INFORMA or the denomination INFORMA CONNECT, among which also the domain name <informaconnect.com>, registered on 11 January 2019, which is used by the Complaint for the purposes of an active website that promotes the INFORMA CONNECT business division and INFORMA mark as early as 29 February, 2000<\/span>, providing information about the Complainant’s activities, such as its further business divisions, investor relations, media and opportunities for its employees.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the INFORMA CONNECT market generated £581m in revenue, and has supported over 50,000 meetings for 25 years. Brands operating under the INFORMA CONNECT market include BIO-EUROPE, FUNDFORUM INTERNATIONAL and CATERSOURCE. The Complainant is noted for its leading industry events through its subsidiaries, such as SUPERRETURN in private capital, the National Restaurant Association Show, and FanExpo – the largest comic con event producer in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Complainant’s group owns several INFORMA trademarks, among which, a few were cited above.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name <infomaconnect.com> was registered on 23 April 2024 and resolved at the time when the Complaint was filed to a website displaying pay-per-click (“PPC”) advertisements.<\/span><\/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

The Complainant's contentions are the following:

The disputed domain name <infomaconnect.com> is confusingly similar to the Complainant's earlier trademark <\/span>INFORMA, that the Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name for a number of reasons and that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. <\/span><\/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 require<\/span>ments under UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision.<\/p>", "decision": "Accepted", "panelists": [ "Delia-Mihaela Belciu" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-07-09 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainant bases its Complaint on several INFORMA trademarks which are registered in the name of companies from the Complainant’s group, among which: <\/span><\/p>\n