{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108632", "time_of_filling": "2026-05-06 10:22:33", "domain_names": [ "saintgobainnorton.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN" ], "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.", "respondent": [ "Swarnanshu Mondal (A. S. ENTERPR ISE)" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "
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The Complainant is a French company specialising in the production, processing, and distribution of materials for the construction and industrial markets. The Complainant was founded in 1665 and is today a leading industrial group worldwide, with approximately €46.5 billion in turnover in 2025 and 162,000 employees. Information regarding the Complainant's products and services is available online at www.saint-gobain.com.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name was registered on 25 April 2026 and redirects to a blog template devoid of any substantive content. Furthermore, MX servers are configured.<\/p>\n<\/div>", "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 contends that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Trademark. The addition of the term \"NORTON\", which refers to the Complainant's subsidiary NORTON, is insufficient to distinguish the disputed domain name from the Trademark; rather, it exacerbates the likelihood of confusion.<\/p>\n

The Complainant further submits that the Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Complainant observes that the Respondent is not identified in the WhoIs record as the registrant of the disputed domain name, that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name and is not related in any way to the Complainant, that neither a licence nor authorisation has been granted to the Respondent to make any use of the Trademark or to apply for registration of the disputed domain name with the Complainant, and that the use of the domain name in connection with a blog template devoid of any substantive content demonstrates the absence of a bona fide<\/em> offering of goods or services, or of a legitimate non-commercial or fair use.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Complainant alleges that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. The Complainant argues that the Trademark is well established, as has already been confirmed by previous panels under the UDRP, and that the addition of the term \"NORTON\", which refers to the Complainant's division, cannot be coincidental but rather proves that the Respondent evidently knew of the prior rights and extensive use of the Trademark by the Complainant. With respect to bad faith use, the Complainant states that the disputed domain name points to a blog template devoid of any substantive content and contends that the Respondent has not demonstrated any activity in respect of the disputed domain name, and that it is not possible to conceive of any plausible actual or contemplated active use of the domain name by the Respondent that would not be illegitimate, such as by amounting to passing off, an infringement of consumer protection legislation, or an infringement of the Complainant's rights under trade mark law. Finally, the Complainant argues that the domain name has been configured with MX records, which suggests that it may be actively used for e-mail purposes.<\/p>\n

RESPONDENT:<\/p>\n

No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/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": [ "Peter Müller" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-06-16 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

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The Complainant is inter alia<\/em> the owner of the <\/span>international trademark registration no. 740183 \"SAINT-GOBAIN\", registered on July 26, 2000 <\/span>(hereinafter referred to as the \"Trademark\").<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>", "decision_domains": { "saintgobainnorton.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }