ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Boursorama S.A. v. Porco Mano and Rachel Monto Case No. D2023-1676 1. The Parties The Complainant is Boursorama S.A., France, represented by Nameshield, France. The Respondents1 are Porco Mano, France, and Rachel Monto, France. 2. The Domain Names and Registrar The disputed domain names
, , , , and are registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC (the "Registrar"). 3. Procedural History The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on April 17, 2023. On April 18, 2023, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain names. On April 18, 2023, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response, disclosing registrant and contact information for the disputed domain names which differed from the named Respondent (Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC) and contact information in the Complaint. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on April 19, 2023, providing the registrant and contact information disclosed by the Registrar, and inviting the Complainant to submit an amendment to the Complaint or to submit a separate complaint for each of the domain names. The Complainant filed an amended Complaint on April 19, 2023. 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"). 1 The Complaint was originally filed against "Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC", as found in the publicly available WhoIs details for the disputed domain names. The identity of the Respondents was subsequently disclosed by the Registrar in response to the Center's request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain names. The amended Complaint lists the persons disclosed by the Registrar as the Respondents. page 2 In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2 and 4, the Center formally notified the Respondents of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on April 27, 2023. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was May 17, 2023. The Respondents did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondents' default on May 24, 2023. The Center appointed Louis-Bernard Buchman as the sole panelist in this matter on June 7, 2023. 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 is a French corporation, founded in 1995, now part of the Société Générale banking group. The Complainant is a pioneer and leader in France in its three core businesses of online brokerage, financial information on the Internet and online banking, with over 4.7 million customers. The Complainant owns the French trademark BOURSO, registered under No. 3009973 on July 28, 2000 ("the Mark"). The Complainant is the registrant of many domain names, including, inter alia, , registered since March 1, 1998 (which directs to its official website) and , registered since January 11, 2000. The Complainant's official website is the top financial and economic information site and online banking platform in France. Four out of the six disputed domain names (, , and ) were registered on April 13, 2023. The other two disputed domain names ( and , , and ) or preceded and followed by terms in French in two of the six disputed domain names ( and , , , , and be transferred to the Complainant. /Louis-Bernard Buchman/ Louis-Bernard Buchman Sole Panelist Date: June 21, 2023
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