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 101,38 billion euro and Its network has approximately 2,800 branches in Italy alone where its services are offered to approximately 13,9 million customers. The Complainant also has a strong presence in Central-Eastern Europe with a network of approximately 900 branches and over 7,6 million customers. The international network specialized in supporting corporate customers is present in 24 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 10, 2025 and it currently resolves to an error page. At the time of filing of the complaint, the disputed domain name resolved to a page that was blocked due to suspected phishing activity and labelled as a dangerous website. The Complainant has also provided evidence that the disputed domain was previously used for a website in Italian promoting financial services under the name \"Intesa Sanpaolo\". On June 12, 2025, the Complainant has contacted the Registrar of the disputed domain name with the request to shut down this website.<\/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 identical with its INTESA SANPAOLO well-known trademark and confusingly similar to its 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 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. <\/p>\n The disputed domain name is not used for any bone fide<\/em> offerings, considering that the same is connected to a website which has been blocked by Google Safe Browsing through a warning page. Therefore, it is clear that the main goal of the Respondent was to use the above website for “phishing” financial information in an attempt to defraud the Complainant’s customers and that Google promptly stopped the illicit activity carried out by the Respondent. Lastly, it should be noted that the disputed domain name was previously used in connection to a web site promoting financial services, for which the Complainant’s trademarks and domain names have been registered and are used, using “Intesa Sanpaolo” brand.<\/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 (Presiding Panelist)"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2026-01-23 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant has demonstrated ownership of rights in the trademarks <\/span>INTESA SANPAOLO and 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. 920896 for INTESA SANPAOLO, registered on March 7, 2007;<\/span><\/p>\n - International trademark registration No. 793367 for INTESA, registered on September 4, 2002; <\/span><\/p>\n - European Union trademark registration No. 005301999 for INTESA SANPAOLO, registered on June 18, 2007; and<\/span><\/p>\n - European Union trademark registration No. 012247979 <\/span>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 <intesasanpaolo.com>, registered on August 24, 2006, <intesa-sanpaolo.com>, registered on August 26, 2006, <intesa.com>, registered on December 2, 1996 and <intesa.eu>, registered on June 25, 2006. <\/p>",
"decision_domains": {
"INTESASANPAOLO.BLOG": "TRANSFERRED"
}
}