Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2017-0118 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, March 13, 2017 (case Weber-Stephen Products LLC v. WhoisGuard Protected, WhoisGuard, Inc. / Daniela Gebauer, Kitchenhelpers GmbH)

• Resolution Date: March 13, 2017
• Issuing Organization: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
• Decision: Transfer
• Dominio: Generic Domains

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

Weber-Stephen Products LLC v. WhoisGuard Protected, WhoisGuard, Inc. / Daniela Gebauer, Kitchenhelpers GmbH

Case No. D2017-0118

1. The Parties

1.1 The Complainant is Weber-Stephen Products LLC of Palatine, Illinois, United States of America ("United States"), represented by Rickert Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Germany.

1.2 The Respondent is WhoisGuard Protected, WhoisGuard, Inc. of Panama, Panama / Daniela Gebauer, Kitchenhelpers GmbH of Bochum, Germany.

2. The Domain Name and Registrar

2.1 The disputed domain name [weber-grills.net] (the "Domain Name") is registered with NameCheap, Inc. (the "Registrar").

3. Procedural History

3.1 The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on January 20, 2017. At the time that the Complaint was registered the WhoIs details for the Domain Name, identified WhoisGuard, Inc as the registrant of the Domain Name. WhoisGuard, Inc. would appear to be the name of the operator of the "privacy service" provided by the Registrar.

3.2 On January 23, 2017, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Domain Name. On January 24, 2017, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response disclosing the underlying registrant and contact information recorded for the Domain Name behind the privacy shield. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on January 25, 2017 providing the registrant and contact information disclosed by the Registrar, and inviting the Complainant to submit an amendment to the Complaint. The Complainant filed an amended Complaint in this respect on January 30, 2017.

3.3 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").

3.4 In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2 and 4, the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on January 31, 2017. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was February 20, 2017. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the...