{
    "case_number": "CAC-ADREU-008816",
    "time_of_filling": "2025-07-31 12:08:26",
    "domain_names": [
        "indect-project.eu"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "  Iveta Špiclová   (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Dr. David Schirrmacher (DS Corporate Finance)"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": null,
    "respondent": [
        "Steven Horn"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>Complainant claims defamatory content on the website under the disputed domain name as well as the publication of photos subject to copyright.<\/p>",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "<p>The panel is not aware of any other pending or decided proceedings which relate to the disputed domain name.<\/p>",
    "discussion_and_findings": "<p>In accordance to Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EU) 2019\/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the implementation and functioning of the .eu top-level domain name and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No 733\/2002 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 874\/2004 (hereinafter referred to as: &lsquo;Regulation&rsquo;) a domain name may be revoked, and where necessary subsequently transferred to another party, following an appropriate ADR or judicial procedure, in accordance with the principles and procedures on the functioning of the .eu TLD laid down pursuant to Article 11, where that name is identical or confusingly similar to a name in respect of which a right is established by Union or national law, and where it:<\/p>\n<p>(a) has been registered by its holder without rights or legitimate interest in the name; or<\/p>\n<p>(b) has been registered or is being used in bad faith.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the present case, the Panel cannot identify any of the above requirements in the complaint filed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Complainant did not show any <strong>name<\/strong> right such as a Trademark, personal name, company name or other identifier being similar to the disputed domain name &lt;indect-project.eu&gt;. The EU-alternative dispute resolution system is not a general resolution system for all Intellectual property rights disputes, but only for those disputes being domain name related where the claimed right is in a relation to the disputed domain name itself and not only to the content available under the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n<p>It is not claimed nor evident that Respondent may have no rights or a legitimate interest <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in the disputed domain name<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>It is not claimed nor evident that Respondent may have registered or used the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disputed domain name<\/span> in bad faith.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged use of copyrighted photos or alleged infringement of other intellectual property rights may be subject to infringement courts, but not to the above-mentioned regulation on .eu domain names.<\/p>",
    "decision": "<p>For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with Paragraphs B12 (b) and (c) of the Rules, the Panel orders that<\/p>\n<p>the Complaint is Denied.<\/p>",
    "panelists": [
        "Dietrich Beier"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-09-30 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p>I. Disputed domain name: indect-<a href=\"http:\/\/project.eu\"><span>project.eu<\/span><\/a><br \/><br \/>II. Country of the Complainant: Germany, country of the Respondent: Germany<br \/><br \/>III. Date of registration of the domain name: 8 April 2020<br \/><br \/>IV. Rights relied on by the Complainant (B(11)(f) ADR Rules) on which the Panel based its decision: None<br \/><br \/>V. Response submitted: No<br \/><br \/>VI. Domain name neither identical nor confusingly similar to the protected right\/s of the Complainant<br \/><br \/>VII. Rights or legitimate interests of the Respondent (B(11)(f) ADR Rules):<br \/>1. Yes<br \/>2. No indication to the contrary:<br \/><br \/>VIII. Bad faith of the Respondent (B(11)(e) ADR Rules):<br \/>1. No<br \/>2. No indication to the contrary<br \/><br \/>IX. Other substantial facts the Panel considers relevant: None<br \/><br \/>X. Dispute Result: Complaint denied<br \/><br \/>XI. Procedural factors the Panel considers relevant: None<br \/><br \/>XII. [If transfer to Complainant] Is Complainant eligible? [Yes\/No]<\/p>",
    "decision_domains": [],
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}