{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108955",
    "time_of_filling": "2026-08-27 10:10:03",
    "domain_names": [
        "leroymerlin.click",
        "leroymerlin.lol"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Olga Slanařová (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "GROUPE ADEO"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.",
    "respondent": [
        "Ahmed  Poganini"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>The Complainant operates a homewares retail business that has traded as LEROY MERLIN since 1923.&nbsp; It employs 28,000 people in France.<\/p>\n<p>The Complainant is the owner of numerous trademarks containing or consisting of the words LEROY MERLIN, including the above mentioned EU Trademark registration.&nbsp; Further, it owns numerous domain names that include the words LEROY MERLIN.&nbsp; This includes the domain name &lt;leroymerlin.com&gt;, which the Complainant registered in 1996 and which it uses for its official websites.&nbsp; On its official websites and store signage, the Complainant prominently displays the LEROY MERLIN trademark, including as part of a stylised triangular logo.<\/p>\n<p>The Respondent registered both the disputed domain names in July 2026 in the name of Ahmed Poganini.&nbsp; Both domain names have been used to redirect web users to webpages that appear to offer homewares for sale and which prominently display the Complainant's aforementioned stylised triangular logo.<\/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 names.<\/p>",
    "no_response_filed": "<p>The Complainant contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain names 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 names are 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 names (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 names have been registered and are 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": [
        "Andrew Sykes"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-09-21 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p>EU TM Registration No. 010843597 LEROY MERLIN for various goods and services in classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42 and 44.<\/p>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "leroymerlin.click": "TRANSFERRED",
        "leroymerlin.lol": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}