Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2015-0767 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, June 22, 2015 (case Goodwill Industries International, Inc. v. Domain Admin, Privacy Protection Service INC d/b/a PrivacyProtect.org / Mark Smith, Good Will Loan)
| Resolution Date | June 22, 2015 |
| Issuing Organization | WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center |
| Decision | Transfer |
| Dominio | Generic Domains |
The Complainant is Goodwill Industries International, Inc. of Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, represented by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, United States of America.
The Respondents are Domain Admin, Privacy Protection Service INC d/b/a PrivacyProtect.org of Queensland, Australia / Mark Smith, Good Will Loan of Meilen, Switzerland.
The disputed domain name [goodwillloan.org] (the "Disputed Domain Name") is registered with PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (the "Registrar").
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on April 29, 2015. On April 29, 2015, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Disputed Domain Name. On April 30, 2015, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response disclosing registrant and contact information for the Disputed Domain Name which differed from the named Respondent and contact information in the Complaint. In response to a notification by the Center that the Complaint was administratively deficient, the Complainant filed an Amended Complaint on May 10, 2015.
The Center verified that the Complaint together with the Amended Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "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 the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondents of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on May 12, 2015. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was June 1, 2015. The Respondents did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondents' default on June 3, 2015.
The Center appointed Nick J. Gardner as the sole panelist in this matter on June 11, 2015. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
The Complainant, Goodwill Industries International, Inc is one of the largest charities in the United States. It traces its roots back more than 112 years. In 1902, the Reverend Edgar J. Helms founded in Boston, Massachusetts an organization that collected used household goods and clothing and then trained and hired people in need to mend and repair those used goods. The goods were then resold or were given to the people who repaired them. Money earned from the sales was used for charitable purposes. In 1915, "Goodwill" was first used for the organization's name, and has been used continuously for since then to designate the Complainant and Complainant's predecessors-in-interest, member agencies, affiliates, and stores.
In 2013, approximately 9.8 million...
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