Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2021-2548 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, October 13, 2021 (case Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO”) v. Joe Gagliardi, Joe Gagliardi)

• 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

Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO”) v. Joe Gagliardi, Joe Gagliardi

Case No. D2021-2548

1. The Parties

The Complainant is Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO”), United States of America (the “United States”), represented by Burns & Levinson LLP, United States.

The Respondent is Joe Gagliardi, Joe Gagliardi, United States.

2. The Domain Names and Registrars

The disputed domain names [geicoautobody.com] and [geicocollision.com] (the “Domain Names”) are registered with Wix.com Ltd.

3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on August 5, 2021. On August 6, 2021, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Domain Names. On August 10, 2021, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response disclosing registrant and contact information for the Domain Names, which differed from the named Respondent and contact information in the Complaint. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on August 18, 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 amendment to the Complaint on August 18, 2021. On August 18, 2021, the Respondent sent various email communications.

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 August 19, 2021. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was September 8, 2021. The Response was filed with the Center on August 19, 2021. In its Response, the Respondent offered to sell the Domain Names to the Complainant. On August 19, 2021, the Center sent to the parties a communication of Possible Settlement, but on August 23, 2021, the Complainant replied that it was not interested in a settlement for money but only in a voluntary transfer of the Domain Name. On August 26, 2021, the Respondent sent another communication to the Center. Finally, on September 24, 2021, the Respondent sent a final informal communication to the Center stating, “Our side did respond multiple times please make note.”

The Center appointed W. Scott Blackmer 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

The Complainant GEICO, which is an...