Founded in 1924, the Complainant is an Italian company specialized in clothing and textile products and is regarded as one of the largest cashmere manufacturers and a leading artisan company processing luxury fibers. The Complainant has a total of 152 stores, of which 135 are directly operated. It has secured locations for further units in in the Middle East and United States of America which are scheduled to open in the next 12 months. The Complainant is also active on its own website, which uses the domain name <loropiana.com>.<\/p>\n
The Complainant is reported to have reached EUR 1 billion in sales in 2019.<\/p>\n
The Complainant maintains a substantial following on social media, namely 201,230 followers on Facebook, and 3,000,000 followers on Instagram. The Complainant’s promotions have been covered prominently in the mainstream fashion media, evidence of which the Complainant produces.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <lorospiana-turkiye.com> was registered on March 31, 2026, and resolves to a website having the appearance of an official website of the Complainant, notably reproducing the Complainant’s figurative trademark and the look and feel of the Complainant’s official website, and claiming to offer the Complainant’s products for sale, although the Complainant asserts that the clothing concerned is not its product and is counterfeit.<\/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
The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s LORO PIANA trademark because it contains said mark, with the addition of the letter “s”, combined with letters representing the geographic term Türkiye (absent capitalization and the accent that cannot be reproduced in such disputed domain name). This term, rather than excluding similarity with said trademark, increases the likelihood of confusion, since it could refer to a specific country, and to consumers in such country. The addition of the domain name extension has no impact in the confusing similarity assessment since it merely has a technical function.<\/p>\n
The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n
The Respondent is not an authorized dealer, agent, distributor or reseller of the Complainant nor has been authorized to register and use the Complainant’s trademark in a domain name. The disputed domain name leads to an active website which reproduces part of the images of the Complainant’s official marketing campaigns with a very similar layout to that of the Complainant’s official website, and using the Complainant’s figurative trademark, whereby the disputed domain name has been registered and used with the specific aim of misleading potential consumers in order to push them into purchasing counterfeit goods.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith.<\/p>\n
The Respondent has registered the disputed domain name containing a well-known third party’s trademark without any authorization by the holder. The Respondent could not ignore the existence of such trademark at the time of the registration of the disputed domain name, not only because of such well-known status, but also in consideration of the type of domain name (consisting of the trademark and a term that potential consumers may very well associate with the Complainant’s activity) and of the content of the associated website.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name redirects to a website that offers counterfeit LORO PIANA goods and depicts copyright pictures taken from the Complainant’s official website. This kind of use is not a use in good faith. It may cause (and has effectively caused) substantial damages not only to the Complainant, but also to consumers. The Complainant’s image and reputation is strongly affected by very similar websites to the official one, offering for sale low quality counterfeit goods. Consumers will share confidential information when they pay for goods on such site, with the concrete risk that this information is stolen and used fraudulently.<\/p>\n
It appears that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used intentionally to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to the Respondent’s website, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of such website and of products on such website.<\/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": [ "Andrew Lothian" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-08-21 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the registered owner of trademarks consisting of or containing LORO PIANA, including:<\/p>\n
International Registered Trademark Number 1769387 for the word mark LORO PIANA, registered on July 26, 2023, in Classes 9, 14, 18, 23, 24, 25, 28, and 35, designated in respect of the following countries or territories in which grant of protection has been awarded to date: Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Georgia, Indonesia, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Monaco, Morocco, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Viet Nam; and<\/p>\n
European Union Registered Trademark Number 7383136 for the figurative mark LORO PIANA and design, registered on June 9, 2009, in Classes 9, 14, and 35.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "lorospiana-turkiye.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }