{
    "case_number": "CAC-ADREU-000081",
    "time_of_filling": null,
    "domain_names": [],
    "case_administrator": null,
    "complainant": [],
    "complainant_representative": null,
    "respondent": [],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "The Complainant, Mr Dmytriyenko Oleksiy, is the holder of the Community trademark application AIRTICKET (No 004730297) dated November 20, 2005 (in classes 9, 16, 35, 38, 39 and 42) as well as German national  trademark application AIRTICKET (N. 39543188.9) dated July 19, 2005.\r\n\r\nThe Respondent, Ultimo Sport GMBH, is a licensee authorized to use the trademark AIRTICKET No 1093176 on the basis of a licence agreement concluded with Mr Janusch Kurt, the owner of the trademark AIRTICKET (No 1093176) which was applied for registration under the Benelux Speed Procedure on November 29, 2005, and obtained protection on December 7, 2005.  \r\n\r\nOn December 7, 2006, during the Phased Registration (Sunrise Period I) the Respondent applied for the disputed domain name (airticket.eu). The Complainant was the next applicant in the queue for the domain name concerned.  The disputed domain name was registered for the Respondent since he demonstrated a prior right as defined in Article 10 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) 874\/2004.  The Complainant’s application was not therefore considered.",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "The Panel is not aware of any other pending legal proceedings relating to the disputed domain name.",
    "discussion_and_findings": "In accordance with Article 10 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 874\/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the. eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration, “holders of prior rights recognised or established by national and\/or Community law and public bodies shall be eligible to apply to register domain names during a period of phased registration before general registration of. eu domain starts. \"Prior rights\" shall be understood to include, inter alia, registered national and community trademarks”.\r\n\r\nUnder Section 11.1 (i) of .eu Registration Policy and Terms and Conditions for Domain Name Applications made during the Phased Registration Period (hereinafter referred to as “Sunrise Rules”), “during the first phase of the Phased Registration Period, only Domain Names that correspond to registered Community or national trade marks may be applied for by the holder and\/or licensee of the Prior Right concerned.”\r\n\r\nFurthermore, pursuant to Section 13.1 (i) of Sunrise Rules, “where the Prior Right claimed by an Applicant is a registered trademark, the trade mark must be registered by a trade mark office in one of the member states, the Benelux Trade Marks Office or the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), or it must be internationally registered and protection must have been obtained in at least one of the member states of the European Union.”\r\n\r\nIn this case, on December 7, 2005, i.e. on the date of application for a .eu domain name by the company Ultimo Sport GMBH, the trademark AIRTICKET was registered in the name of Mr Janusch Kurt, which is evidenced by the extract from the Trademark Register of the Benelux Trademark Office. Moreover, under the licence agreement concluded between Mr Janusch Kurt and the company Ultimo Sport GMBH, the latter had a right to use the mark referred to.\r\n\r\nGiven the foregoing, there are no grounds to support the charge that on the date of application for the domain name airticket.eu (December 7, 2005), the trademark AIRTICKET No 1093176 was not registered.\r\n\r\nThe Complainant’s reference to his prior application for a Community trademark AIRTICKET No 004730297 is not relevant to the decision to be issued in this case. It is beyond dispute that on the date of application for the domain name airticket.eu by Ultimo Sport GMBH (December 7, 2005) and on the date of registration thereof (March 28, 2006), the Complainant neither possessed a right to the Community registration AIRTICKET, nor did he have a right to the German trademark AIRTICKET.\r\n\r\nIt should be emphasized that, in compliance with Section 13.1 (ii) of Sunrise Rules, “a trade mark application is not considered a Prior Right.” \r\n\r\nFor that reason, the Complainant’s charges concerning lack of grounds for registration of the mark AIRTICKET filed by Mr Janusch Kurt with the Benelux Trademark Office on November 29, 2005, i.e. after the application for a Community trademark filed by the Complainant with OHIM on November 20, 2005, are not subject to this proceeding, as they are beyond the competence of the ADR Provider for .eu domain names – The Czech Arbitration Court.\r\n\r\nAny claims referring to deficiencies in trademark registration may be pursued by the Complainant in the proceedings before offices responsible for trademark registration.",
    "decision": "For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with Paragraphs B12 (b) and (c) of the Rules, the Panel orders that\r\n\r\nthe Complaint is Denied.",
    "panelists": [
        null
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2006-07-07 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Panel concludes that, in accordance with Article 10 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 874\/2004, Section 11.1 (i) and Section 13.1 (i) of Sunrise Rules of .eu Registration Policy and Terms and Conditions for Domain Name Applications made during the Phased Registration Period, the Documentary Evidence submitted by Ultimo Sport GMBH clearly demonstrates that on the date of application for the domain name airticket.eu (December 7, 2005), on the basis of the licence agreement, Ultimo Sport GMBH had prior rights to use the trademark AIRTICKET No 1093176 which was registered by the Benelux Trade Marks Office on December 7, 2005. \r\n\r\nThe Panel finds that on the date of application for the domain name airticket.eu by Ultimo Sport GMBH (December 7, 2005) and on the date of registration thereof (March 28, 2006), the Complainant neither possessed a right to the Community registration AIRTICKET, nor did he have a right to the German trademark AIRTICKET.\r\n\r\nAny claims referring to deficiencies in trademark registration may be pursued by the Complainant in the proceedings before offices responsible for trademark registration.\r\n\r\nFor all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with Paragraphs B12 (b) and (c) of the Rules, the Panel orders that the Complaint is denied.",
    "decision_domains": [],
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}