Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2021-2684 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, October 13, 2021 (case Accenture Global Services Limited v. Withheld for Privacy Purposes, Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf / AIDAN CHIEN)

• Resolution Date: October 13, 2021
• Issuing Organization: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
• Decision: Transfer
• Dominio: Generic Domains

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

Accenture Global Services Limited v. Withheld for Privacy Purposes, Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf / AIDAN CHIEN

Case No. D2021-2684

1. The Parties

The Complainant is Accenture Global Services Limited, Ireland, represented by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, United States of America (“United States”).

The Respondent is Withheld for Privacy Purposes, Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf, Iceland / AIDAN CHIEN, Australia.

2. The Domain Name and Registrar

The disputed domain name [accentureaustralia.com] is registered with NameCheap, Inc. (the “Registrar”).

3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on August 17, 2021. On August 17, 2021, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On the same day, 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. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on August 20, 2021 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 on August 23, 2021.

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 and 4, the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on August 26, 2021. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was September 15, 2021. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on September 16, 2021.

The Center appointed Kateryna Oliinyk as the sole panelist in this matter on September 29, 2021. 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.

4. Factual Background

According to the Complaint, the Complainant is an international business headquartered in Ireland that has been providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations under the name ACCENTURE since 2001. The Complainant has offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 51 countries.

The Complainant holds a series of the trademark registrations in various jurisdictions, filing its first trademark application on October 26, 2000 in United States (Application Serial No. 76/154,620) for the ACCENTURE trademark, covering computer software, pamphlets, business consulting services, financial services, computer installation services, educational services and computer consulting services, among many other goods and services. This application matured to registration (Reg. No. 3,091,811) on May 16, 2006. The Complainant's trademark portfolio in the United States also covers other registrations of the ACCENTURE trademarks, including the following ones:

Trademark	Goods and Services	Registration No.	Registration Date
ACCENTURE	Various goods and services in Classes 9, 16, 35, 36, 37, 41 and 42	3,091,811	May 16, 2006
ACCENTURE	Various goods and services in Classes 9, 16, 35, 36, 37, 41 and 42	2,665,373	December 24, 2002
ACCENTURE	Various goods in Classes 18, 25 and 28	2,884,125	September 14, 2004
ACCENTURE (& Design)	Various services in Classes 35 and 36	3,862,419	October 19, 2010

According to the Complaint, the Complainant has the large portfolio of international filings in more than 140 countries. The Complainant owns more than 1,000 registrations for the ACCENTURE and ACCENTURE & Design trademarks and many other trademarks incorporating the ACCENTURE trademark for a variety of products and...