Decisión del Panel Administrativo nº D2019-2468 of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, November 29, 2019 (case Praetorian Legal Limited v. Michael Ross)

• Resolution Date: November 29, 2019
• Issuing Organization: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
• Decision: Complaint denied
• Dominio: Generic Domains

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

Praetorian Legal Limited v. Michael Ross

Case No. D2019-2468

1. The Parties

The Complainant is Praetorian Legal Limited, United Kingdom, internally represented.

The Respondent is Michael Ross, United Kingdom, self-represented.

2. The Domain Name and Registrar

The Disputed Domain Name [tess-timeshare.com] (the “Disputed Domain Name”) is registered with NameCheap, Inc. (the “Registrar”).

3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on October 9, 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 11, 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 18, 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 October 23, 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 October 28, 2019. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was November 17, 2019. The Center received an email communication from the Respondent on November 5, 2019.

The Center appointed Nick J. Gardner as the sole panelist in this matter on November 25, 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 Complaint is extraordinarily short of any meaningful information. The Panel has exercised its discretion and visited the Complainant’s website which is linked to the domain name [praetorianlegal.com]. That describes the Complainant’s business as follows: “Timeshare Termination Specialists Legally Cancel your Timeshare! No Win No Fee…Are you stuck in a timeshare contract with mounting maintenance fees and ever-growing stress? Our timeshare termination specialists can help get you out of your timeshare contract today”. The same website says, “[w]e are legally trained professionals who operate within the ethics laid down within the legal profession” but then...