The Complainant is the worldwide number one in outdoor advertising. For 60 years, the Complainant has been offering solutions that combine urban development and the provision of public services in more than 80 countries. The Complainant is currently the only group present in the three principal segments of the outdoor advertising market: street furniture, transport advertising and billboard advertising.<\/p>\n
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The Complainant has more than 1,091,811 advertising panels in Airports, Rail and Metro Stations, Shopping Malls, on Billboards and Street Furniture.<\/p>\n
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The Group is listed on the Premier Marché of the Euronext Paris stock exchange and is part of the Euronext 100 index. Employing a total of 12,026 people, the Group is present in more than 80 different countries and 3,894 cities and has generated revenues of €3,935.3m in 2024.<\/p>\n
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The disputed domain name <jcdecaux.cam> (hereinafter, the „Disputed Domain Name“) was registered on December 4, 2025 and is inactive.<\/p>\n
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According to Complainant’s non-contested allegations, the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in respect of the Disputed Domain Name and the Complainant is not related in any way to the Complainant’s business.<\/p>\n
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For the purpose of this case, the Registrar confirmed that the Respondent is the current registrant of the Disputed Domain Name and that the language of the registration agreement is English.<\/p>\n
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The facts asserted by the Complainant are not contested by the Respondent.<\/p>\n
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NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED.<\/p>\n
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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:
First element: Similarity
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The Complainant states that the Disputed Domain Name is identical to its trademark JCDECAUX®, as the trademark is entirely included, without any addition or deletion.<\/p>\n
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Furthermore, the Complainant contends that the addition of the suffix “.CAM” does not change the overall impression of the designation as being connected to Complainant’s trademark. It does not prevent the likelihood of confusion between the Disputed Domain Name and Complainant, its trademark, and its associated domain names. Thus, the Complainant believes that the Disputed Domain Name is identical to the Complainant's trademark JCDECAUX®.<\/p>\n
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Second element: Rights or legitimate interest<\/p>\n
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The Complainant asserts that the Respondent is not identified in the WHOIS database as the Disputed Domain Name. In accordance with the Complainant, 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.<\/p>\n
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The Complainant contends that the Respondent is not affiliated with nor authorized by JCDECAUX® in any way. The Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Disputed Domain Name, and he is not related in any way to its business. The Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent.<\/p>\n
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Neither licence nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use of the Complainant’s trademark JCDECAUX® or apply for registration of the Disputed Domain Name by the Complainant.<\/p>\n
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Finally, the Disputed Domain Name points to an inactive page. The Complainant contends that the Respondent did not use the Disputed Domain Name, and it confirms that the Respondent has no demonstrable plan to use the Disputed Domain Name. Therefore, the Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Disputed Domain Name.<\/p>\n
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Third element: Bad faith<\/p>\n
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The Disputed Domain Name is identical to the Complainant's trademark JCDECAUX®. The Complainant asserts that its trademark JCDECAUX® was already known for decades and protected in several countries at the time of the registration. The Complainant is doing business in more than 80 countries worldwide and is listed on the Euronext Paris stock Exchange.<\/p>\n
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The Complainant also asserted that the JCDECAUX® trademark has been considered as well-known in previous UDRP cases, and for this purpose, the Complainant included the applicable WIPO Case; i.e. No. DCC2017-0003, JCDecaux SA v. Wang Xuesong, Wangxuesong.<\/p>\n
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Given the distinctiveness of the Complainant's trademark and reputation, the Complainant states that the Respondent has registered the Disputed Domain Name with full knowledge of the Complainant's trademark JCDECAUX® and therefore could not ignore the Complainant.<\/p>\n
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Furthermore, the Disputed Domain Name points to an inactive page. The Complainant contends that the Respondent has not demonstrated any activity in respect of the Disputed Domain Name, and it is not possible to conceive of any plausible actual or contemplated active use of the Disputed Domain Name by the Respondent that would not be illegitimate, such as by being a passing off, an infringement of consumer protection legislation, or an infringement of the Complainant’s rights under trademark law.<\/p>\n
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On these bases, the Complainant concludes that the Respondent has registered and is using the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith.<\/p>\n
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RESPONDENT
Respondent did not reply to the Complaint.<\/p>",
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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": [ "Victor Garcia Padilla (Presiding Panelist)" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-01-13 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of several trademarks consisting of the term JCDECAUX, such as the international trademark JCDECAUX® N° 803987 registered since November 27, 2001.<\/p>\n
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The Complainant is also the owner of a large domain name portfolio, including the same distinctive wording JCDECAUX, such as <jcdecaux.com> registered since June 23r 1997.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "jcdecaux.cam": "TRANSFERRED" } }