WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Marque LAMPE BERGER opposée à elampeberger.com. Transfert du nom de domaine « elampeberger.com » au profit de la requérante, la société Produits Berger. ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Produits Berger v. Wellmark Supplies Case No. D2003-0392 1. The Parties The Complainant is Produits Berger, of Paris, France, represented by Mr. Gilles Escudier, Novagraaf, France. The Respondent is Wellmark Supplies, of Singapore. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar The disputed domain name is (elampeberger.com). It is registered with Tucows, Inc., Ontario, Canada (the « Registrar »). 3. Procedural History The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the « Center ») on May 22, 2003. The Center received a hard copy of the Complaint on June 4, 2003. On May 23, 2003, the Center transmitted by email to Tucows a request for registrar verification in connection with the domain name at issue. On May 26, 2003, Tucows transmitted by email to the Center its verification response, confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant of the domain name and providing the contact details for the administrative and technical contacts. The Registrar also confirmed that the domain name is registered with Tucows. Between May 27 and June 18, 2003, the Parties and the Center exchanged e-mails concerning a possible suspension of the proceedings, which was eventually requested by the Complainant on June 16, 2003. On June 18, 2003, the Complainant asked the Center to resume the proceedings. In response to a notification by the Center that the Complaint was administratively deficient, the Complainant filed an amendment to the Complaint on June 20, 2003. The Center verified that the Complaint, together with the amendment to the Complaint, satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the « Policy »), 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(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on June 23, 2003. In accordance with the Rules, Paragraph 5(a), the due date for filing the Response was July 13, 2003. On July 10, 2003, the Center received an e-mail from the Respondent answering the Complaint. The Center appointed Fabrizio La Spada, Alain Bensoussan and Susanna H.S. Leong as panelists in this matter on August 14, 2003. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. Each member of 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 the owner of several trademarks consisting of or containing the words LAMPE BERGER, registered throughout the world, including Singapore. Most of the trademarks are registered for perfumery products, perfume burners, products aimed to be used in apparatus or lamps for disinfection, cleaning and purification of air, room deodorants, and similar products. The Complainant has produced evidence from the Patent Offices of several countries, including Singapore and other Asian countries, establishing its trademark rights in several LAMPE BERGER trademarks. According to these documents, the Complainant is, amongst others, the owner of the trademark LAMPE BERGER and device registered in Singapore on August 5, 1996, in Class 21. The Complainant is also the registrant of several domain names containing the words « Lampe Berger », including amongst others (lampeberger.fr), (lampesberger.com), (lampes-berger.com) and (lampeberger.biz). Several of the domain names held by the Complainant and containing the words « Lampe Berger » have been transferred to it as a result of previous UDRP proceedings. The Respondent registered the domain name on May 28, 2002. The domain name is active, but does not resolve to a website. On October 23, 2002, the Complainant sent a cease and desist letter to the Respondent, requesting the latter, amongst other things, to cease its use of the domain name and to transfer it to the Complainant. The Complainant did not receive an answer to this letter. 5. Parties’ Contentions The parties have set out in their submissions all the factual and legal elements in support of their position. Below is a summary of these arguments. A. Complainant The Complainant submits that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademarks. It alleges that the LAMPE BERGER trademarks are highly distinctive as they are completely fanciful, and points out that the domain name incorporates these trademarks in full. According to the Complainant, the letter « e » certainly represents the concept of « electronic » and is not distinctive. Further, the addition of an « ordinary descriptive » word does not detract from the trademark itself. The Complainant also contends that the Respondent has no rights on, nor legitimate interests to the domain name, as the latter does not correspond to its corporate name and the Respondent does not own a corresponding trademark. Moreover, the Respondent is not commonly known by the domain name. In addition, the Complainant states that it has not licensed or otherwise permitted the Respondent to use its trademark or to register the domain name. The Complainant alleges that the domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith. According to the Complainant, the fact that the Respondent did not reply to its cease and desist letter of October 23, 2002, is evidence that the Respondent does not deny the facts asserted by Produits Berger, and that it does not deny the conclusions which the Complainant asserts can be drawn by these facts. In addition, the Complainant submits that the Respondent’s bad faith is evidenced by the fact that it registered the domain name after Complainant’s adoption and first use of the trademark LAMPE BERGER. The Complainant stresses that its trademark is a famous and widely reputed mark, in which it has invested substantial sums of money. According to the Complainant, the Respondent knew or should have known of the trademark at the time it registered the domain name. The Complainant also considers that the fact that the domain name is still