Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2021-2175 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, September 16, 2021 (case Dareos Ltd., Dareos Inc. v. Denis Belov, Asocial Games Ltd.; Private Whois, Global Domain Privacy Services Inc. / Andrey Daviduk; Global Domain Privacy Services Inc. / Natalya Pladzidina; Private Whois, Global Domain Privacy Services Inc. / Alexander Strunin; Global Domain Privacy Services Inc. / Maria Hanina; Global Domain Privacy Services Inc. / Svetlana Sboychikova; Private Whois, Global Domain Privacy Services Inc. / Anastasia Voloshina; and ????????? ????????)
| Resolution Date | September 16, 2021 |
| Issuing Organization | WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center |
| Decision | Transfer |
| Dominio | Generic Domains |
The Complainants are Dareos Ltd., Cyprus, and Dareos Inc., Marshall Islands (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Complainants”), represented by Mapa Trademarks SL, Spain.
The Respondents are Denis Belov, Asocial Games Ltd., Belize; Private Whois, Global Domain Privacy Services Inc., Panama / Andrey Daviduk, Germany; Global Domain Privacy Services Inc., Panama / Natalya Pladzidina, Russian Federation (“Russia”); Private Whois, Global Domain Privacy Services Inc., Panama / Alexander Strunin, Russia; Global Domain Privacy Services Inc., Panama / Maria Hanina, Russia; Global Domain Privacy Services Inc., Panama / Svetlana Sboychikova, Russia; Private Whois, Global Domain Privacy Services Inc., Panama / Anastasia Voloshina, Russia; and, ????????? ????????, Russia (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Respondents”).
The disputed domain name [all-volcan-game.com] is registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC (the “First Registrar”).
The disputed domain names [plays-vip-vulkan.com], [sms-vlk.com], [vip-plays-vulkan.com], [vip‑play‑vulkan.com], [vip-spins-vulkan.com], [vip-spin-vulkan.com], [volcanos-connect.com], [vulkan‑club.cash], [vulkanofficial.club], [vulkan-russia.club], [vulkan-sberbank.cash], and [vulkan‑stars.fun] are registered with URL Solutions, Inc. (the “Second Registrar”).
The disputed domain names [vulcanazartigra.com], [vulcanazartlucky.com], [vulcancazinoazart.com], [vulcanclubgame.com], [vulcan-csn-play.com], [vulcangamblecsn.com], and [vulcangamblegame.com] are registered with PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (the “Third Registrar”).
The aforementioned disputed domain names are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Disputed Domain Names”. The First Registrar, the Second Registrar, and the Third Registrar, are collectively referred to as the “Registrars”.
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on July 7, 2021. On July 7, 2021, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrars a request for registrar verification in connection with the Disputed Domain Names. On July 8, 2021, the First and Second Registrars each transmitted by email to the Center their verification responses disclosing the registrants and contact information for the Disputed Domain Names, which differed from the named Respondents and contact information in the Complaint.
On July 10, 2021, the Third Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent Denis Belov is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details.
The Center sent an email communication to the Complainants on July 12, 2021, providing the registrants and contact information disclosed by the Registrars, and inviting the Complainants to submit an amendment to the Complaint. The Complainants filed an amended Complaint on July 15, 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 Respondents of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on July 28, 2021. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was August 17, 2021. The Respondents did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondents’ default on August 25, 2021.
The Center appointed Lynda M. Braun as the sole panelist in this matter on September 3, 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.
The Complainants are two affiliated companies sharing the same company name. The Complainants are engaged in the provision of gaming, casino, and entertainment products and services. The Complainants are the owners of numerous trademarks for VULKAN and its Cyrillic-script equivalent ВУЛКАН (translated as “vulcan” or “volcano”), as well as VOLCANO, and a figurative “V” trademark that they use in connection with their gaming, casino, and entertainment products and services. The previous trademark owner, Ritzio Purchase Limited (“Ritzio”), continuously used the trademarks since at least as early as 1992 — long before the Respondents’ registration of the Disputed Domain Names. The Complainants purchased the trademarks from Ritzio, and currently own numerous registered trademarks, including, but not limited to:
- International Trademark Registration No. 984297, VULKAN, registered on August 11, 2008, designating Belarus, Croatia, the European Union, Kazakhstan, Serbia, and Ukraine;
- Russian Federation Trademark Registration No. 342290, ВУЛКАН, registered on January 1, 2008;
- International Trademark Registration No. 989103, VOLCANO, registered on August 11, 2008, designating Belarus...
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