{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108302",
    "time_of_filling": "2026-01-09 10:27:42",
    "domain_names": [
        "totalenergies-renouvelables.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "TotalEnergies SE"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "FRANCK CASO (IN CONCRETO)",
    "respondent": [
        "Amirouche  Sehrine (APINAME Ltd)"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>The Complainant is a French company whose predecessor was established in 1924.&nbsp; The Complainant produces and markets energy on a global scale, including oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, and renewables, and operates worldwide in more than 120 countries, through a large group and numerous subsidiaries, including in the French Company &ldquo;TotalEnergies Renouvelables France&rdquo;, which was established in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The Complainant and its subsidiaries own a broad portfolio of more than 490 domain names which include its trademarks TOTAL and &ldquo;TotalEnergies&rdquo;, including &lt;total&gt;, &lt;total-energies&gt;, &lt;totalenergies&gt; and &lt;totalenergiesrenouvelables&gt; which domain names are active and resolve to the main websites of the Complainant.<\/p>\n<p>The disputed domain name was registered on June 25, 2025.&nbsp; The Complainant submitted evidence that the disputed domain name has been used to send fraudulent requests for commercial proposals via contact forms to suppliers targeting the purchases of IT equipment and thereby falsely presenting itself as the Director of Finance and Procurement of the Complainant&rsquo;s subsidiary &ldquo;TotalEnergies Renouvelables France&rdquo;, who is therefore impersonated, as well as to send a fraudulent purchase order purportedly on behalf of the Finance Director of TotalEnergies Renouvelables France through a forged signature.<\/p>",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "<p>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": "<p>The Complainant contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it.<\/p>\n<p>No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>",
    "rights": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": [
        "Alfred Meijboom"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-02-14 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p><span>The Complainant is the owner of,&nbsp;<\/span><em>inter alia<\/em><span>, the following registered trademarks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French trademark TOTAL with registration number 1540708 of December 5, 1988 for goods and services in classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34;<\/li>\n<li>European Union trademark TOTAL ENERGIES with registration number 018308753 of May 28, 2021 for goods and services in classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 45; and<\/li>\n<li>European Union stylized trademark TotalEnergies with registration number 018392850 of June 25, 2021, for goods and services in classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 45.<\/li>\n<\/ul>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "totalenergies-renouvelables.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}