{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-107499",
    "time_of_filling": "2025-04-17 11:26:46",
    "domain_names": [
        "XN--MITTALAOS-W3A.COM"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "  Iveta Špiclová   (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "ARCELORMITTAL"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": null,
    "respondent": [
        "Inovaaco  inovaaco"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>As the Respondent did not file any response to the complaint, the Panel took into account the following facts asserted by the Complainant (and supported by the documentary evidence submitted by the Complainant) and unchallenged by the Respondent:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>(a) the Complainant is the largest steel and mining company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging. It holds sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and operates extensive distribution networks, notably in Brazil where the Respondent is located;<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>(b) the Complainant is the owner of Complainant&rsquo;s Trademarks;<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>(c) the Complainant owns various domain names containing the distinctive element \"Mittal\" such as &lt;mittal-steel.com&gt; registered since 18 May 2009;<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>(d) the disputed domain name was registered on 16 April 2025; and<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>(e) the disputed domain name resolves to a website in Portuguese language offering steel materials.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>The Complainant seeks transfer of the disputed domain name to the Complainant.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>",
    "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>THE COMPLAINANT:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>In addition to the above factual assertions, the Complainant also contends the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>(i) the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant&rsquo;s Trademarks as it contains the word element of such trademark in its entirety and the addition of the descriptive term &ldquo;A&Ccedil;OS&rdquo; (meaning &ldquo;STEELS&rdquo; in English) is not sufficient to escape the finding that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant's Trademarks;<\/span><br \/><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(ii) the Respondent is not affiliated with the Complainant nor authorized by it in any way to use Complainant&rsquo;s Trademarks. The Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent. Neither is the Respondent using the disputed domain name for bona fide offering of goods or services. Therefore, the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name; and<\/p>\n<p><br \/><span>(iii) the disputed domain name was registered in order to create a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant and its trademarks. By profiting of the notoriety of the Complainant&rsquo;s Trademarks the Respondent uses the disputed domain name to offer services in direct competition with the Complainant. Using a confusingly similar domain name that resolves to a competing webpage is an intentional attempt to create confusing similarity with the Complainant and Complainant's Trademarks and thus the disputed domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>THE RESPONDENT:<br \/><br \/>The Respondent did not provide any response to the complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>",
    "rights": "<p>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 <span>the<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (\"<\/span><strong>UDRP<\/strong><span>\" or \"<\/span><strong>Policy<\/strong><span>\")<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><span>For details, please see \"Principal Reasons for the Decision\".<\/span><\/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>\n<p><span>For details, please see \"Principal Reasons for the Decision\".<\/span><\/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>\n<p><span>For details, please see \"Principal Reasons for the Decision\".<\/span><\/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": [
        "Michal Matějka (Presiding Panelist)"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-05-17 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p><span>The Complainant is the registered owner of the following trademarks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International word trademark MITTAL reg. no. 1198046, with the priority date as of 5 December 2013;<\/li>\n<li>European trademark MITTAL reg. no. 3975786, with the priority date as of 9 August 2004;<\/li>\n<li>European figurative trademark MITTAL reg. no. 4507471, with the priority date as of 23 June 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> (&ldquo;<strong>Complainant&rsquo;s Trademarks<\/strong>&rdquo;).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The disputed domain name &lt;mittala&ccedil;os.com&gt; was registered on 16 April&nbsp;2025<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "XN--MITTALAOS-W3A.COM": "TRANSFERRED"
    }
}