Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2019-0947 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, July 08, 2019 (case Banque Fédérale du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) v. Henry J Wegmann, Deutchgriffin)

Resolution DateJuly 08, 2019
Issuing OrganizationWIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
DecisionTransfer
DominioGeneric Domains

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

Banque Fédérale du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) v. Henry J Wegmann, Deutchgriffin

Case No. D2019-0947

1. The Parties

1.1 The Complainant is Banque Fédérale du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM), France, represented by MEYER & Partenaires, France (the “Complainant”).

1.2 The Respondent is Henry J Wegmann, Deutchgriffin, United States of America (“United States”)

(the “Respondent”).

2. The Domain Name and Registrar

2.1 The disputed domain name [targobamkdeutsch.com] (the “Disputed Domain Name”) is registered with Tucows Inc. (the “Registrar”).

3. Procedural History

3.1 The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on April 25, 2019. On April 25, 2019, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Disputed Domain Name. On April 25, 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 April 26, 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 April 30, 2019.

3.2 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”).

3.3 In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2 and 4, the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on May 1, 2019. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was May 21, 2019. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on May 22, 2019.

3.4 The Center appointed Ike Ehiribe as the sole panelist in this matter on June 4, 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 panel has had to extend the Decision due date to at least June 28, 2019.

4. Factual Background

4.1 The Complainant in this administrative proceeding is known as Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM), a public limited company with its registered office in Strasbourg, France. It is made up of 11 federations of Crédit Mutuel, their affiliated banks and its subsidiaries, in particular Assurances du Crédit Mutuel (ACM), Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC), and IT and technology subsidiaries. The Complainant is described as the holding company of the group, acting as the central treasury and undertakes capital and money market activities on behalf of the group. It is also said that as of December 5, 2008, Citibank Privatkunden AG & Co. KGaA operated as a subsidiary of Group Crédit Mutuel — CIC, being the second French banking Group which has about 18 million clients and more than 65,000 employees with a network of 519 branches in France. Initially, it is said that Citibank Privatkunden AG & Co. KGaA commercial bank was established in 1926 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and has to date 3.4 million clients with 6,600 employees. It is said further that on February 22, 2010, Citibank Privatkunden AG & Co KGaA changed its trade name into Targo Bank AG & Co KGaA, and in June 2017 the Crédit Mutuel...

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