FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:
The Complainant, ARCELORMITTAL S.A., is the largest steel producing company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging with operations in more than 60 countries.
The disputed domain name was registered on June 11, 2025.
The website in relation with the disputed domain name resolves to a parking page.
Past panels have confirmed the notoriety of the trademark ARCELORMITTAL in the following cases:
- CAC Case No. 101908, ARCELORMITTAL v. China Capital (\"The Complainant has established that it has rights in the trademark \"ArcelorMittal\", at least since 2007. The Complainant's trademark was registered prior to the registration of the disputed domain name (February 7, 2018) and is widely well-known.\");
- CAC Case No. 101667, ARCELORMITTAL v. Robert Rudd (\"The Panel is convinced that the Trademark is highly distinctive and well-established.\").<\/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:
1. The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's trademark.
The Complainant states that the disputed domain name is a slight variation of the spelling of the Complainant’s trademark and thus is confusingly similar to its ARCELORMITTAL trademark and its domain names. In support of this claim, the Complainant refers to prior UDRP cases and affirms that it is a well-established principle that “a domain name which consists of a common, obvious, or misspelling of a trademark is considered by panels to be confusingly similar to the relevant mark for purposes of the first element.” (WIPO Overview 3.0 section 1.9).<\/p>\n
Further, the Complainant asserts that the addition of the suffix “.com“ is a standard registration requirement and as such is disregarded under the first element confusing similarity test and thus is not sufficient to escape the finding that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's trademark.<\/p>\n
2. The Respondent does not have any rights or legitimate interest in the disputed domain name.
The Complainant contends that the Respondent is not affiliated with nor authorized by ARCELORMITTAL S.A. in any way. The Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name. The Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent. Neither licence nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use of the Complainant’s trademark ARCELORMITTAL, or apply for registration of the disputed domain name by the Complainant. The Respondent’s name is not identified in the public WhoIs database under the disputed domain name or under a similar name (in fact it appears as \"Redacted for Privacy\").<\/p>\n
The Complainant further contends that the Respondent, according to the detail’s disclosure provided by the Registrar following the start of this proceeding, is identified as “Arcelormittal LLC”, however there is no registered organization existing under this name at the address provided by the Respondent to the Registrar; and that another Complainant's entity operates under the name ARCELORMITTAL in Alabama. Thus, the Complainant argues that the Respondent has registered the disputed domain name under the name \"Arcelormittal LLC\" to reinforce the risk of confusion, which is evidence of lack of legitimate interest.<\/p>\n
3. The disputed domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
The Complainant contends that it is inconceivable that the Respondent could have registered the disputed domain name without actual knowledge of Complainant's rights in the trademark ARCELORMITTAL.
Moreover, the Complainant states that the misspelling of the ARCELORMITTAL trademark was intentionally designed to be confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark, and that previous UDRP Panels have viewed such actions as evidence of bad faith. <\/p>\n
Furthermore, the Complainant contends that, as held by previous UDRP panels, the incorporation of a famous trademark into a domain name, coupled with an inactive website, may be evidence of bad faith registration and use.<\/p>\n
Finally, the disputed domain name has been set up with MX records, which suggests that it may be actively used for e-mail purposes. The Complainant contends that it is inconceivable that the Respondent would be able to make any good faith use of the disputed domain name as part of an e-mail address.<\/p>\n
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": [ "Fabrizio Bedarida" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-07-14 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of the international trademark n° 947686 ARCELORMITTAL registered on August 3, 2007. The Complainant also owns an important domain names portfolio, including the same distinctive wording ARCELORMITTAL, such as the domain name <arcelormittal.com> registered since January 27, 2006.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "areclormlttal.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }