The Complainant is an Italian banking group formed from the merger of Banca Intesa S.p.A and Sanpaolo IMI S.p.A on 1 January 1, 2007. The Complainant's market capitalization exceeds 87,4 billion euro and Its network has approximately 3,000 branches in Italy alone where its services are offered to approximately 14 million customers. The Complainant also has a strong presence in Central-Eastern Europe with a network of approximately 900 branches and over 7,5 million customers. The international network specialized in supporting corporate customers is present in 25 countries, in particular in the Mediterranean area and those areas where Italian companies are most active, such as the United States of America, China and India.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered on June 2, 2025 and it currently resolves to a parking page with sponsored links (pay-per-click page or PPC page<\/span>) related to banking and finance. <\/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<\/strong><\/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. In particular, the Complainant argues that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its INTESA SANPAOLO trademark and identical with its well-known INTESA trademark.<\/p>\n Regarding the second UDRP element, the Complainant asserts that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name. Neither license nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent (or any other person to that matter) to make any use of the Complainant’s trademarks within the disputed domain name. The Respondent is also not commonly known by the disputed domain name and the use of the disputed domain name for a PPC page cannot be considered as a fair or non-commercial use.<\/p>\n With respect to the third UDRP element, the Complainant holds that its INTESA SANPAOLO and INTESA trademarks are distinctive and well-known all around the world and the fact that the Respondent has registered a domain name that is confusingly similar to them indicates that the Respondent had knowledge of the Complainant’s trademark at the time of registration of the disputed domain name. Furthermore, a simple internet search for these trademarks would have yielded obvious references to the Complainant. Therefore, the Complainant holds that the disputed domain name is registered in bad faith. Additionally, the Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to his web site, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's trademark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of his website. The fact that the website to which the disputed domain name resolves to a PPC page with links that are related to the Complainant's field of business indicates that the Respondent has registered and is using the disputed domain name in order to intentionally divert traffic away from the Complainant’s web site.<\/p>\n The Respondent<\/strong><\/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": [
"Stefan Bojovic"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2025-08-11 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant has demonstrated ownership of rights in the trademark <\/span><\/span><\/span>INTESA for the purposes of standing to file a UDRP complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n In particular, the Complainant is the owner of trademark registrations for INTESA, including the following: <\/span><\/p>\n - International trademark registration No. 793367 for INTESA, registered on September 4, 2002; and<\/span><\/p>\n - European Union trademark registration No. 012247979 for INTESA, registered on March 5, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n The Complainant also refers to ownership over the number of domain names that incorporate its INTESA trademark, such as <intesa.com>, registered on December 2, 1996, <intesa.org>, registered on November 9, 2006 and <intesa.eu>, registered on June 25, 2006.<\/p>",
"decision_domains": {
"INTESA.GROUP": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}