Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2015-0162 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, March 19, 2015 (case British Telecommunications public limited company v. Joshua Stone, Openreach Telecom Ltd.)

• Resolution Date: March 19, 2015
• Issuing Organization: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
• Decision: Transfer
• Dominio: Generic Domains

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

British Telecommunications public limited company v. Joshua Stone, Openreach Telecom Ltd.

Case No. D2015-0162

1. The Parties

The Complainant is British Telecommunications public limited company, of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("UK"), represented by BT Legal, UK.

The Respondent is Joshua Stone, Openreach Telecom Ltd., of London, UK.

2. The Domain Name and Registrar

The disputed domain name [openreach-telecom.biz] (the "Domain Name") is registered with PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (the "Registrar").

3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on February 2, 2015. The Center transmitted its request for registrar verification to the Registrar the same day. The Registrar replied on February 3, 2015, confirming that the Domain Name is registered with it, that the Respondent is the current registrant, that the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "UDRP") applies, that the Domain Name will expire on October 10, 2015, that a registrar lock has been applied to the Domain Name and will be maintained until its expiry, that the registration agreement is in English, and that the Domain Name was registered on October 11, 2013. The Registrar also provided the full contact details held on its WhoIs database in respect of the Domain Name.

The Center informed the Complainant on February 4, 2015, that it had not received Annex 8 to the Complaint and requested a copy of this Annex. The Complainant sent this Annex to the Center on February 6, 2015.

The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the UDRP, the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").

In accordance with paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a) of the Rules, the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on February 9, 2015. In accordance with paragraph 5(a) of the Rules, the due date for Response was March 1, 2015. The Respondent sent an email to the Center on February 9, 2015, asking "For what is the complaint? Why we need to pay 2000$? What is this in fact?", but did not submit any response.

The Center appointed Jonathan Turner as the sole panelist in this matter on March 5, 2015...