{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108369",
    "time_of_filling": "2026-01-29 10:15:17",
    "domain_names": [
        "arlafoodusa.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Arla Foods Amba"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "Abion GmbH",
    "respondent": [
        "GERALD E. KATZ"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>The Complainant trades as \"Arla Foods\".&nbsp; It operates as a cooperative owned by over 12,500 dairy farmers and it is the fifth-largest dairy foods business in the world.&nbsp; It employs approximately 21,895 people worldwide and its global revenue for the year 2024 was approximately EURO 13.8 Billion.&nbsp; Further, it has a strong business presence in the United States of America, where it sells its products through two local branches, being Arla Foods Inc USA and Arla Foods Hollandtown Dairy.<\/p>\n<p>The Complainant owns numerous trademarks containing or consisting of the words ARLA and ARLA FOODS, including the registrations referred to above.&nbsp; It is also the registrant for numerous domain names containing the words \"ARLA\" and \"ARLA FOODS\", including &lt;arla.com&gt; (registered from 15 July 1996), &lt;arlafoods.com&gt; (registered from 1 October 1999) and &lt;arlausa.com&gt; (registered from 2 August 2006.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Disputed Domain Name &lt;arlafoodsusa.com&gt; was registered on 25 September 2025.&nbsp; The Respondent provided the registrant's name of \"Gerald E. Katz\" and an address located in the United States of America.&nbsp; The Respondent does not have a relationship with the Complainant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Disputed Domain Name has been used to send emails to the Complainant's business partners.&nbsp; The Complainant has provided evidence of these emails, which demonstrate that the writer used the Complainant's logo and company details in order to impersonate the Complainant.&nbsp; The emails involve the writer asking questions of the Complainant's business partners in order to elicit information.<\/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. <br \/>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": [
        "Andrew Sykes"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-02-27 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p>US TM Registration No. 3325019 for ARLA in relation to various food goods registered from 1 November 2006.<\/p>\n<p>International TM Registration No. 1829124 for ARLA FOODS in relation to various goods and services, including food goods, registered from 2 October 2024&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "arlafoodusa.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}