The Complainant is an Italian company specialized in clothing and textile products. It is considered one of the largest cashmere manufacturers and one of the leading artisanal processors of luxury fibers. The Complainant has a total of 152 stores worldwide, of which 135 are directly operated. It has secured locations for outlets in Doha, Qatar, and Palo Alto, California over the next 12 months. By 2019, the Complainant had reached a turnover of one billion euros per annum. The Complainant is active on several social networks, such as Facebook on which it has almost 100.000 followers and Instagram where it has one million followers. It owns the domain name <loropiana.com> from which it operates its own website and offers its products for sale.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered on January 16, 2026 and resolves to an inactive 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 contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it.<\/p>\n
No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>\n
However, an e-mail was sent to the Centre by the Respondent on April 15, 2026 advising that the Respondent had registered the disputed domain name for the purposes of a \"school project\" together with one other domain name incorporating the \"LORO PIANA\" mark but had completely forgotten about them and invited the Centre to confirm how he could transfer them. The Centre invited the parties to discuss a settlement but received no further correspondence.<\/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": [ "Mr Alistair Payne" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-05-26 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant owns various trade mark registrations which incorporate its LORO PIANA trade mark including the following:<\/p>\n
(i) LORO PIANA (device), EU Reg. no. 018162715, filed on December 10th, 2019 and registered on May 22nd 2020, in class 25; and <\/p>\n
(ii) LORO PIANA (device), EU Reg. no. 007383136, filed on November 11th, 2008 and registered on June 9th, 2009, in class 9, 14 and 35.<\/p>\n
<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "loropianagstaad.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }