The Complainant is one of the world’s leading tabletop fantasy and futuristic battle games company. It sells its products via Games Workshop hobby centres and stores, of which there are more than 540 worldwide, and via independent toy and hobby shops, of which there are over 7,000 worldwide. He Complainant also sells its products online through its main website at www.warhammer.com. The Complainant’s products include miniature figurines and paint for such figurines.<\/p>\n
Customers of the Complainant’s products can customize their miniature figurines with its paint range, brushes and accompanying painting system. The Complainant continually develops new types of paints and ways of using them.<\/p>\n
The Complainant’s domain name <warhammer.com> was registered on January 28, 1997.<\/p>\n
The Respondent is Michael Montelongo of 407 Ball Airport Road, Victoria, Texas, 77904, United States.<\/p>\n
The Respondent registered the disputed domain name on June 30, 2023. At the time of filing the Complaint, the disputed domain name was used to redirect to a website of a direct competitor of the Complainant, known as “Monument Hobbies”. Monument Hobbies produces a range of paints which competes with the Complainant’s. It also offers for sale toys and figurines and accessories for painting miniature figurines.<\/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.
No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>",
"rights": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain name is 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": [ "Francine Tan" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-11-25 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of various trademark registrations for WARHAMMER, including the following:<\/p>\n
Canadian trademark registration No. TMA40830, registered on February 12, 1992;<\/p>\n
International trademark registration No. 1205352, registered on September 5, 2013;<\/p>\n
U.S. trademark registration No. 6192634 registered on November 10, 2020; and<\/p>\n
EU trademark registration No. 018096144, registered on February 5, 2020.
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