{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108573", "time_of_filling": "2026-04-14 13:54:53", "domain_names": [ "arselormittalkryvyirihtu.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "ARCELORMITTAL" ], "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.", "respondent": [ "Ivan Eliseev" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant, Arcelormittal, <\/span>is a renowned Luxembourgian company engaged in the provision of steel products. It is the largest steel-producing company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging. The Complainant provides its goods and services under its registered ARCELORMITTAL trademark.<\/p>\n

As well as the ARCELORMITTAL trademark, the Complainant has registered the domain name <arcelormittal.com> which it did on January 27, 2006; it uses that trademark in its business to promote and offer its goods and services.<\/p>\n

It has come to the notice of the Complainant that, without any permission to do so, and well after the Complainant had acquired its aforesaid trademark rights, the Respondent registered the domain name <arselormittalkryvyirihtu.com> on March 10, 2026, with only a slight change to the spelling of the trademark and the addition of words signifying the name of the Complainant's subsidiary company in Ukraine, all designed to give the impression that it is or is authorized by the Complainant, which it is not. The Complainant maintains that this is a clear infringement of its ARCELORMITTAL trademark and a breach of the Policy. It has also come to the notice of the Complainant that the Respondent has caused the Disputed Domain Name to resolve to a website which purports to offer for sale steel products competing with those of the Complainant. The Complainant maintains that this use of the Disputed Domain Name generates confusion between it and the Complainant's ARCELORMITTAL trademark. The Complainant also maintains that this conduct is a clear infringement of its ARCELORMITTAL trademark and a breach of the Policy.<\/p>\n

The Disputed Domain Name and its aforesaid use pose a very concerning threat to the Complainant’s business and the ARCELORMITTAL trademark and brand. That is because of the current use of the Disputed Domain Name and the potential for it and any website to which it resolves in the future to transgress on the Complainant's trademark rights and its business conducted under the trademark, as well as the potential for phishing for information.<\/p>\n

The Complainant has therefore brought this proceeding under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy to obtain a transfer of the Disputed Domain Name to itself and thus achieve the cessation of the improper use to which the Respondent has put it.<\/p>\n

The Complainant submits that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to its trademark, that registering the Disputed Domain Name and using it in the aforesaid manner cannot give rise to a right or legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name and that the Disputed Domain Name has been registered and used in bad faith.<\/p>\n

<\/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

1. The Complainant is a company incorporated in Luxembourg and operating internationally and which<\/span> specializes in steel production. It is the largest steel-producing company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging. <\/p>\n

2. The Complainant conducts its business under the international trademark for ARCELORMITTAL,  n° 947686, registered with the World Intellectual Property Organisation on August 3, 2007.<\/p>\n

3. As well as its aforesaid trademark, the Complainant registered the domain name <arcelormittal.com> on January 27, 2006 which it uses to promote and offer its goods and services.<\/p>\n

4. The Respondent registered the domain name <arselormittalkryvyirihtu.com><\/strong> on March 10th<\/sup>, 2026 using configured MX servers and has caused it to resolve to a website purporting to offer steel products that compete with those of the Complainant (\"the disputed domain name\").<\/p>\n

5. The Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the ARCELORMITTAL trademark as it incorporates the aforesaid trademark and substitutes the letter \"s\" for the letter \"C\" of the trademark, thus giving the impression that it is connected with the trademark. The Disputed Domain Name also includes the expression \"kryvyirihtu” which invokes the Ukrainian subsidiary of the Complainant and thus further reinforces the notion that the Disputed Domain Name is connected with the Complainant.<\/p>\n

6. The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Name on the grounds that:<\/p>\n

(a) the Respondent is not commonly known by the Disputed Domain Name;<\/p>\n

(b) the Respondent is not related to or associated with the Complainant and the Complainant has not given the Respondent any authority or permission to register or use the Disputed Domain Name; nor does the Respondent carry on any business with the Complainant; <\/p>\n

(c) the Respondent has caused the Disputed Domain Name to resolve to a website that purports to offer steel products that compete with those of the Complainant;<\/p>\n

(d) the aforesaid registration and use which the Respondent has made of the Disputed Domain Name shows that it was registered and used to create a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant and its trademark;<\/p>\n

(e) the  Respondent has not used the Disputed Domain Name for a <\/span>bona fide<\/em> <\/span>offering of goods or services; and<\/strong><\/p>\n

(f) there is no other ground on which it could conceivably be contended that the Respondent has a right or legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name.<\/p>\n

7. The Disputed Domain Name has been registered and used by the Respondent in bad faith on the following grounds :<\/p>\n

(a) the Respondent had actual knowledge of the Complainant and its trademark when it, the Respondent, registered and used the Disputed Domain Name;<\/p>\n

(b) the Respondent has used the Disputed Domain Name to resolve to a website which purports to offer steel products that compete with those of the Complainant;<\/p>\n

(c) by reason of the matters aforesaid, and by trading on the fame of the Complainant's ARCELORMITTAL trademark, the Respondent has registered and used the Disputed Domain Name to create a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant and its  trademark within the meaning of paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy; <\/p>\n

(d)  the Respondent registered the Disputed Domain Name by using MX records, which suggests that it may be actively used for email purposes; and<\/p>\n

(e) there is no ground for contending that the Respondent registered and used the Disputed Domain Name otherwise than in bad faith.<\/p>\n

8. Accordingly, the Complainant submits that the Disputed Domain Name should be transferred from the Respondent to the Complainant. <\/p>\n

Respondent<\/p>\n

The Respondent is in default and has not filed a Response in this proceeding.<\/p>\n