{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-107438",
    "time_of_filling": "2025-03-27 09:19:37",
    "domain_names": [
        "amundi-ltd.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "  Iveta Špiclová   (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.",
    "respondent": [
        "Maxim"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>The Complainant is a well-recognized European asset manager with offices in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the Americas. The Complainant has over 100 million retail, institutional, and corporate clients, and ranks in the top 10 globally.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the AMUNDI International trademark, the Complainant also owns the domain name &lt;amundi.com&gt;, registered and used since August 26, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>According to the evidence submitted before the Panel, the disputed domain name &lt;amundi-ltd.com&gt; was registered on March 24, 2025, by the time of filing the disputed domain name resolved to an inactive website with no content on it. For the time of this Decision, redirects to an active website for trading activity. i.e.: https:\/\/workspace.amundi-ltd.com\/.<\/p>\n<p>The Panel notes that AMUNDI is a well-known trademark, which status, has been also recognized by previous UDRP panels, see <em>Amundi Asset Management v. QINGRU WU<\/em>, WIPO Case No. DCO2023-0063; <em>Amundi Asset Management v. Leo Najman<\/em>, WIPO Case No. D2022-1931; <em>Amundi Asset Management v. Thierry Barboure<\/em>, CAC-UDRP Case No. 103346.<\/p>",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "<p>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": "<p><strong>Response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant&rsquo;s contentions.<\/p>\n<p><u>Complainant Contentions<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p>In summary, the Complainant contends that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the trademark AMUNDI; the disputed domain name contains the Complainant&rsquo;s trademark AMUNDI in its entirety plus the addition of the letters &ldquo;ltd&rdquo;, which is not sufficient to avoid the likelihood of confusion between the disputed domain name and the Complainant.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li>The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name given that the Respondent is not known as the disputed domain name; that the Respondent is not related in any way to the Complainant&rsquo;s business, nor affiliated or authorized in any way to use the Complainant&rsquo;s trademark AMUNDI; that the disputed domain name resolves to an error page, which confirms that Respondent has no demonstrable plan to use the disputed domain name.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li>The disputed domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith, given that AMUNDI is a well-known trademark, inferring with it, that the Respondent has registered it in full knowledge of the Complainant; that the disputed domain name resolves to an error website, demonstrating with it, no activity in respect of the disputed domain name, making impossible to conceive of any plausible actual or contemplated active use of the domain name by the Respondent that would not be illegitimate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>",
    "rights": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": [
        "María Alejandra López García"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-04-27 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p>According to the submitted evidence, the Complainant owns the following Trademark:<\/p>\n<p>- International trademark for AMUNDI (word mark), Reg. No. 1024160, registered on September 24, 2009, in IC 36, and in force until September 24, 2029.<\/p>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "amundi-ltd.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}