The Complainant) is a French company that, since 1989, has designed and manufactured metal and coloured outdoor furniture and accessories such as tables, chairs, loungers, and lamps, all under the trademark FERMOB which has no generic or descriptive meaning. The Complainant also uses the domain name <fermob.com> for its website and email address.<\/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": "
COMPLAINANT<\/p>\n
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The disputed domain name, registered on 30 June 2025, is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark as it includes the trademark in its entirety and adds only the geographic term “France” as well as the “.com” TLD.<\/p>\n
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The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name as it is not commonly known by the domain name and it the disputed domain name resolves to a website that impersonates the Complainant and claims to sell outdoor furniture and accessories, effectively competing with the Complainant.<\/p>\n
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The disputed domain name was registered and used in bad faith based on the Respondent’s prior knowledge of the Complainant’s trademark and the above-mentioned website activity by the Respondent.<\/p>\n
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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": [ "Steven Levy" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-08-11 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant owns the following registrations for the FERMOB trademark:<\/p>\n
French trademark n° 3243498 registered on 1 September 2003;<\/p>\n
International trademark n° 829242 registered on 1 March 2004;<\/p>\n
EU trademark n° 6952758 registered on 29 January 2009.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "fermobfrance.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }