{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108565",
    "time_of_filling": "2026-04-09 14:45:42",
    "domain_names": [
        "lesechos-presse.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "LES ECHOS"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.",
    "respondent": [
        "Daniel Thomas"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p><span>The Complainant is the publisher of LES ECHOS, a French daily newspaper covering national and international financial news. It has used the LES ECHOS mark since 1908 to provide paper and now also digital editions. The Complainant has some 11 million readers per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The disputed domain name &lt;lesechos-presse.com&gt; was registered on 26 March 2026. As at 7 April 2026 it resolved to a parking page advertising hosting and hosting accounts and related services offered by Hostinger. <\/span><\/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><br \/>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": [
        "Victoria McEvedy"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-05-20 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p><span>The Complainant relies on registered trade mark rights in the word mark LES ECHOS, in particular, the following registrations:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>French trade mark No. 1337380 LES ECHOS, registered on 13 June 1986;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>French trade mark No. 95576923 LES ECHOS, registered on 28 July 1995;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>French trade mark No. 3011883 LES ECHOS, registered on 7 April 2000; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>International trade mark No. 742930 LES ECHOS, registered on 1 September 2000 and designating the UK, Greece, Japan, the Benelux, Switzerland, Germany, Algeria, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Romania.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The Complainant also relies on longstanding use of the LES ECHOS name in trade in connection with its French daily financial newspaper, founded in 1908, and its online presence including &lt;lesechos.com&gt;, registered on 31 October 1996, and &lt;lesechos.fr&gt;, registered and used for its official website since 9 February 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It says LES ECHOS is a well-known mark with a reputation and that earlier panels have found this such as LES ECHOS SAS v. Nashan, WIPO Case No. D2017-1925 (&lt;lesechos.site&gt;), and Les Echos v. Zhao Zhong Xian, The Forum Case No. 1716753 (&lt;lesechos.website&gt;).<\/span><\/p>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "lesechos-presse.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}