FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT:<\/p>\n
Founded in 1968 in France by Pierre-Richard Dick, the Complainant is an old and well-established company dedicated exclusively to animal health. With a turnover of €1,397 million in 2024, the company ranks today as the 6th largest animal health company worldwide. Its wide range of vaccines and medicines are used in the prevention and treatment of the main pathologies for both companion and food-producing animals. Present through health products in more than 100 countries, the company has more than 6,400 employees.<\/p>\n
The Complainant also owns a portfolio of domain names containing the term “VIRBAC”, such as its official domain name <virbac.com>, registered since 2000-01-15.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered on October 14, 2025 and resolves to a parking page with commercial links. Besides, MX servers are configured.<\/p>", "other_legal_proceedings": "
The Panel is unaware of any other pending or decided legal proceedings relating to the disputed domain name.<\/span><\/p>",
"no_response_filed": " COMPLAINANT<\/strong><\/p>\n The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark VIRBAC. Indeed, the trademark “VIRBAC” is included in its entirety.<\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, the addition of the term “UNIVERSITY” is not sufficient to escape the finding that the domain name is confusingly similar to the trademark “VIRBAC”. It does not change the overall impression of the designation as being connected to the Complainant’s trademark. It is well-established that “a domain name that wholly incorporates a Complainant’s registered trademark may be sufficient to establish confusing similarity for purposes of the UDRP”.<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, the Complainant contends that the addition of the suffix “.COM” does not change the overall impression of the designation as being connected to the trademark “VIRBAC”. It does not prevent the likelihood of confusion between the disputed domain name and the Complainant, its trademark and its associated domain names.<\/p>\n Thus, the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark “VIRBAC”.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Complainant asserts that the Respondent is not identified in the Whois database as the disputed domain name. Past panels have held that a Respondent was not commonly known by a disputed domain name if the Whois information was not similar to the disputed domain name. Thus, the Respondent is not known as the disputed domain name. <\/span><\/p>\n The Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name and he is not related in any way with the Complainant. The Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent. Neither license nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use of the Complainant’s trademark “VIRBAC” or apply for registration of the disputed domain name by the Complainant.<\/span><\/p>\n Furthermore, the disputed domain name resolves to a parking page with commercial links. Past panels have found it is not a bona fide offering of goods or services or legitimate non-commercial or fair use. <\/span><\/p>\n Thus, in accordance with the foregoing, the Complainant contends that the Respondent has no right or legitimate interest in respect of the disputed domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark “VIRBAC”, which covers the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n The Respondent has registered the disputed domain name several years after the registration of the trademark “VIRBAC” by the Complainant, which has established a strong reputation while using this trademark, especially in the United States where it operates via its US office in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n Besides, all the results of a search of the terms \"VIRBAC UNIVERSITY\" refer to the Complainant and its resources for veterinary.<\/p>\n Therefore, given the distinctiveness of the Complainant's trademarks and reputation, it is reasonable to infer that the Respondent has registered the domain name with full knowledge of the Complainant's trademark and with the Complainant in mind.<\/p>\n Furthermore, the disputed domain name resolves to a parking page with commercial links. The Complainant contends the Respondent has attempted to attract Internet users for commercial gain to his own website thanks to the Complainant’s trademarks for its own commercial gain, which is evidence of bad faith.<\/p>\n Finally, the disputed domain name has been set up with MX records which suggests that it may be actively used for email purposes. <\/span><\/p>\n Thus, Complainant contends that Respondent has registered the disputed domain name and is using it in bad faith.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n RESPONDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n No administratively compliant Response was filed.<\/span><\/p>",
"rights": " To the satisfaction of the Panel, the Complainant has shown that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the trademark in which the Complainant has rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy).<\/span><\/p>",
"no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": " To the satisfaction of the Panel, the Complainant has 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).<\/span><\/p>",
"bad_faith": " To the satisfaction of the Panel, the Complainant has 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).<\/span><\/p>",
"procedural_factors": " The Panel is satisfied that all procedural requirements under UDRP have been met, and there is no other reason why it would be unsuitable for providing the Decision.<\/span><\/p>",
"decision": "Accepted",
"panelists": [
"Rodolfo Rivas Rea"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2025-11-20 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant owns several trademarks “VIRBAC”, such as:<\/p>\n\n
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International trademark no 793769 registered since March 11, 2002;
International trademark no 420254 registered since December 15, 1975;
US trademark no 4093340 registered since January 31, 2012.<\/p>",
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"virbacuniversity.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}