The Complainant is a German family-owned pharmaceutical group of companies with roots going back to 1885, when it was founded by Albert Boehringer (1861-1939) in Ingelheim am Rhein. Nowadays is a global research-driven pharmaceutical enterprise and has around 53,500 employees with two main business areas: Human Pharma and Animal Health.<\/p>\n
BOEHRINGER trademark is to be considered as well-known for UDRP purposes.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the Complainant owns multiple domain names consisting in the wording “BOEHRINGER”, such as <boehringer-ingelheim.com> registered since September 1, 1995.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <boehringer-co.com> was registered on July 26, 2024 and is inactive.<\/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 <\/p>\n
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
In particular the Complainant alleges that the addition of the term “-co” cannot prevent a finding of confusingly similarity.<\/p>\n
The Complainant contends that none of the circumstances depicted in paragraph 4(c) of the Policy applies in this case.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Complainant´s trademark is well-known and the inactive use support a finding of bad faith use and registration.<\/p>\n
The Respondent<\/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": [ "Manuel Moreno-Torres" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-08-30 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant owns a large portfolio of trademarks for BOEHRINGER in several jurisdictions. As such International Trademark BOEHRINGER n° 799761, registered since December 2, 2002.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "boehringer-co.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }