Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2019-2498 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, November 27, 2019 (case AXA SA v. Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC / AXA BANQUE)

• Resolution Date: November 27, 2019
• Issuing Organization: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
• Decision: Transfer
• Dominio: Generic Domains

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

AXA SA v. Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC / AXA BANQUE

Case No. D2019-2498

1. The Parties

The Complainant is AXA SA, France, represented by Selarl Candé – Blanchard – Ducamp, France.

The Respondent is Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC / AXA BANQUE, France.

2. The Domain Name and Registrar

The disputed domain name [mybanqueaxa.com] is registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC (the “Registrar”).

3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on October 11, 2019. On October 11, 2019, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On October 14, 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 October 14, 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 amendment to the Complaint on October 18, 2019

The Center verified that the Complaint together with the amendment to the 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 October 22, 2019. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was November 11, 2019. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on November 12, 2019.

The Center appointed Benjamin Fontaine as the sole panelist in this matter on November 14, 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.

4. Factual Background

The following facts were duly established in the Complaint and its numerous annexes:

The Complainant is AXA SA, a world leader in insurance, saving and asset management, with over 100 million customers. It operates in 64 countries, within which France remains by far its main market, representing a quarter of its total gross revenues (nearly a hundred billion EUR in 2017). Its activities of asset management and banking account for 9 per cent of its revenues. In particular, the Complainant operates banking services in Belgium under the brand AXA BANK, where it offers services to 800 000 customers. While the Complainant was established a couple of centuries ago, it adopted the brand AXA in 1985. The name AXA is very well-known in France and beyond, primarily for insurance services.

The Complainant relies in particular on the following...