The Complainant was founded in 1822 and is active in transportation and logistics, communications and industry. According to the Complaint, the BOLLORÉ group is one of the 500 largest companies in the world, and in 2024, it had a revenue of EUR 3 billion and a shareholders' equity of EUR 26 billion. The Complainant's affiliate BOLLORÉ ENERGY is active in oil distribution and logistics operations in France, Switzerland and Germany, and its official website is located at the domain name <bollore-energy.com>, registered since 30 September 2015.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered on 13 January 2026. At the time of the filing of the Complaint, it was inactive and had mail exchanger (“MX”) settings configured. The disputed domain name currently resolves to an English-language website with the title “Bollo Energy”, which states: “We are the main distributor of Barefoot Power Products in Uganda”, offers a solar-powered lighting and phone-charging solution and a variety of services such as financial planning, portfolio management and legal services, and includes many incomplete sections and “Lorem Ipsum”-style placeholder texts, without identifying the provider of the products and services offered on the 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": "
COMPLAINANT<\/p>\n
The Complainant submits that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its BOLLORÉ ENERGY trademark. According to it, the deletion of the letters “re” and the substitution of the term “energy” by its plural form “energies” is not sufficient to prevent the confusing similarity of the disputed domain name to the BOLLORÉ ENERGY trademark. <\/span><\/p>\n The Complainant asserts that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name, because it is not related to the Complainant and has not been authorised by the Complainant to use the BOLLORÉ ENERGY trademark or to register the disputed domain name. The Complainant adds that the disputed domain name has not been actively used, as it resolves to a parking page, and submits that the Respondent has no demonstrable plan how to use it.<\/p>\n The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. According to it, given the distinctiveness of the BOLLORÉ ENERGY trademark, it is reasonable to infer that the Respondent has registered the disputed domain name with knowledge of this trademark. The Complainant submits that although the disputed domain name does not resolve to an active website, it has been set up with MX records, which suggests that it may be actively used for email purposes. According to the Complainant, 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>",
"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 the UDRP have been met and there is no reason why it would be inappropriate to issue the present decision.<\/p>",
"decision": "Accepted",
"panelists": [
"Assen Alexiev"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2026-02-18 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant is the owner of the International trademark BOLLORÉ ENERGY with registration No. 1303490, registered on 22 January 2016 for goods and services in International Classes 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40 and 42 <\/span>(the “BOLLORÉ ENERGY <\/span>trademark”).<\/p>",
"decision_domains": {
"bolloenergies.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}