{
    "case_number": "CAC-ADREU-002238",
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    "domain_names": [],
    "case_administrator": null,
    "complainant": [],
    "complainant_representative": null,
    "respondent": [],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "On 4 July 2006 the AM Appliance Holding AB (Sweden) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Complainant’) filed a complaint at the Arbitration Centre for .eu Disputes requesting that the registration of the domain name asko.eu be annulled and the domain name be attributed to the next applicant in queue which satisfies the registration criteria. \r\n \r\nThe domain name asko.eu was applied for on 7 December 2005 by Asko Assekuranzmakler GmbH (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Applicant’). According to the Complainant the European Registry of Internet Domain Names received an application from the Applicant only five minutes before it received an application for the same domain name from the Complainant. Following the ‘first-come-first-served’ principle set forth in art. 2 and (regarding the phased registration period) in art. 14 in fine of the 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 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Regulation No. 874\/2004’) the domain name asko.eu was allocated for use to the eligible party whose request had been received first, that is the Applicant.",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "The Panel is not aware of any legal proceedings which are pending or have been decided and which relate to the disputed Domain Name.",
    "discussion_and_findings": "According to the Complainant the decision by EURid to register the domain name for the Applicant is non-compliant with art. 10(2) of the Regulation No 874\/2004 (quoted in the complaint as Regulation No. 733\/2002). On the basis of the aforementioned provision, the registration on the basis of a prior right shall consist of the registration of the complete name for which the prior right exists, as written in the documentation which proves that such a right exists. This principle is further developed and explained by the ‘Sunrise Rules’, which state that it is not possible to obtain a registration of a domain name comprising part of the complete name for which the prior right exists. \r\n\r\nThus, in the opinion of the Complainant the word ‘asko’ constitutes only a part of the registered Community Trade Mark from which the prior right was derived and as such is inadmissible for registration as a domain name in the phased registration period. It should  therefore be annulled and the domain name shall be attributed to the Complainant since its application is next in queue. The Complainant claims to be the prior right holder in respect of the ‘asko’ trademark in the meaning of art. 10(1) of the Regulation No. 874\/2004 on the basis of an application filed on 7 December 2005. It also claims it satisfies all other registration criteria.\r\n\r\nRegulation No. 874\/2004 stipulates in its art. 10(1) that applying for the registration of a domain name during the phased registration period is accessible only to holders of prior rights recognised or established by national and\/or Community law and public bodies. ‘Prior rights holders’ are to be understood to include, inter alia, the holders of registered national and Community Trade marks. \r\n\r\nOn the basis of art. 12(2) of the Regulation No. 874\/2004 the domain names during the first period of the phased registration can be applied for not only by prior right holders, but also by the licensees of a prior right. In such a case the applicant is obliged to enclose the documentary evidence, additional acknowledgement and a declaration duly completed and signed by both the licensor of the relevant registered trade mark and the applicant as a licensee form, as set forth in Section 20(1) of the .eu Registration Policy and Terms and Conditions for Domain Name Applications made during the Phased Registration Period ‘Sunrise Rules’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Sunrise Rules’).\r\n\r\nIn order to be an eligible party in the meaning of art. 10 (1), the Applicant based his application on a prior right concerning a registered Community Trade Mark. The Community Trade Mark application for the sign ‘asko assekuranzmakler GmbH’ was filed at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market on 1 March 2000 and subsequently registered on 19 June 2001 under the no. 001535616. The owner of the Community Trade Mark is a natural person, Mr. Robert Kögl. \r\n\r\nThe Complainant claims that he made a search for the trademark \"ASKO\" in the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, the Community Trademark Register and the International Register and in none of the registers Asko-Assekuranzmakler GmbH holds a registered trademark of the name ASKO. This can, however, not be confirmed, as the Community Trade Mark CTM 001534866 “ASKO”, was registered on 11\/10\/2002 for Mr. Robert Kögl. The Complainant, providing a scanned search report from the CTM register, should be aware of this fact, as it is of  importance in this case. \r\n\r\nThe Respondent cites a panel decision in case no. 495 (STEMCELL). The case concerned the Benelux trademark ‘Stemcell’, which already was registered at the time of domain name application. A valid license for the aforementioned trademark had been granted in favor of Bureau Gevers, which applied for the domain name. The panel concluded in this case that enclosing a copy of the trademark license agreement (according to the template required by the Sunrise Rules) is sufficient to entitle the applicant (Bureau Gevers) to apply for the domain name ‘stemcell.eu’.  \r\n\r\nGiven the legal and factual circumstances of this Case, the Complaint must be denied.",
    "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": "2006-10-02 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant requested to declare that EURid’s decision to register the domain name for the Applicant is non-compliant with art. 10(2) of Regulation No 874\/2004. On the basis of that provision, the registration based on a prior right shall consist of the registration of the complete name for which the prior right exists, as written in the documentation which proves that such a right exists. The Complainant claimed that the Applicant had no prior right with regard to the name “ASKO”. \r\n\r\nThe Respondent provided grounds on which the application by “asko assekuranzmakler GmbH” was accepted. It was further referred to article 12 (2) of the Regulation, which allows  licensees of trademarks to apply for the corresponding domain name. It was claimed that the documentary evidence submitted by the Applicant supported the decision for a registration. \r\n\r\nThe Panel decided to deny the Complaint on the base of legal and factual circumstances. The Complainant claims that the Applicant had no prior trade mark right within the meaning of art. 12(2) of Regulation No. 874\/2004 to the sign “ASKO”. This statement can not be regarded being correct as the Applicant had a prior right with regard to the Community Trade Mark „ASKO”.",
    "decision_domains": [],
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}