Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2019-1124 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, July 10, 2019 (case Adecco Group AG v. Jack Umbral)
| Resolution Date | July 10, 2019 |
| Issuing Organization | WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center |
| Decision | Transfer |
| Dominio | Generic Domains |
The Complainant is Adecco Group AG, Switzerland, represented by Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Rechtsanwälte, Switzerland.
The Respondent is Jack Umbral, Germany, self-represented.
The disputed domain name [ceoforonemonth.com] is registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC (the “Registrar”).
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on May 15, 2019. On May 16, 2019, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On May 17, 2019, 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 May 20, 2019 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 May 21, 2019.
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 May 27, 2019. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was June 16, 2019. Twelve emails were received from the Respondent throughout the proceeding. However, no official Response was filed with the Center.
The Center appointed Wilson Pinheiro Jabur as the sole panelist in this matter on June 26, 2019. 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 is a human resources solutions provider based in Switzerland.
According to its website (“https://www.adeccogroup.com/our-company/history/”), it is a leader in career transition, leadership development, and talent mobility which renders services in several countries around the world; having become, by the year 2000, the No. 1 recruitment company in the United States of America, with revenues of 11.6 billion Euros.
The “CEO FOR ONE MONTH” program is described in the Complainant’s webpage available at “https://www.ceofor1month.com/about/#ceoforonemonth” as “the unique opportunity to become the ‘CEO for One Month’, under the direct supervision of the CEO of the Adecco Group, Alain Dehaze. The selected Global ‘CEO for One Month’ will get a taste of how to run a multinational company with 34,000 employees in 60 countries. This experience could be a huge boost to any career! ‘CEO for One Month’ will run in 47 countries, where the first step will be for candidates to apply to become ‘CEO for One Month’ in their country of residence, before making it to a shortlist of 10 top performers. Of the final 10 candidates, 1 will be chosen to become Global ‘CEO for One Month’.”
The Complainant is the owner of several registrations for the CEO FOR ONE MONTH trademark around the world in classes 35 and 41 (Annex 6 to the Complaint), amongst which:
- Swiss Trademark Registration No. 707957, filed on May 11, 2015 and registered on October 6, 2017; and
- International Trademark Registration No. 1379734, registered on October 11, 2017.
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