{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-107957", "time_of_filling": "2025-09-23 09:30:02", "domain_names": [ "lactaliseswatini.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Groupe Lactalis" ], "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.", "respondent": [ "Kwanele Gamedze" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

Founded in 1933, the Complainant is a French multi-national company, engaged in the food industry, particularly the dairy sector. The Complainant has been operating under the name “Lactalis” since 1999. Complainant is the largest dairy products group in the world, with over 85,500 employees, 266 production sites, and a presence in 51 different countries. <\/span><\/p>\n

The website under the disputed domain name resolves to an authentication page reproducing the Complainant’s trademark. <\/span><\/p>\n

The disputed domain name was registered on August 29, 2025.<\/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 it has satisfied each of the elements required under the Policy for a transfer of the disputed domain name.  <\/span><\/p>\n

The Complainant, inter alia, contends, that the domain name contains in its entirety the Complainant´s mark LACTALIS. The Respondent has no legitimate interest in the domain name in question, since he bears another name and was never authorised to use the trademark of the Complainant.  <\/span>The domain name in question has been both acquired and is being used in bad faith as the Complainant was well known already at the time of the registration of the disputed domain name and the website under the disputed domain name contains the trademark of the Complainant.<\/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": [ "Dietrich Beier" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-10-22 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainant owns several trademarks consisting in the wording LACTALIS in several countries, among them the European Union trademark LACTALIS n° 001529833 in classes 1, 5, 10, 13, 16, 31, 33, 34, 40, 42 <\/span>registered since November 11, 2002, and in effect. <\/span><\/p>", "decision_domains": { "lactaliseswatini.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }