The domains schindler-elevator.com, schindler-elevator.net, schindler-lift.com, schindlerlift.net and schindlerlift.org to be transferred to Complainant Inventio AG of Hergiswil, Nidwalden, Switzerland.
They are suppliers of elevators, escalators, moving walkways and related equipment.
They are owner of the trademark SCHINDLER and various related trademarks.
It had filed a complaint in WIPO against Domains By Proxy, LLC, DomainsByProxy.com of Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America / William Liu, Liu GuoFu of A Murray, Utah, United States of America and of ZhongShan, GuangDong, China. for domain names schindler-elevator.com, schindler-elevator.net, schindler-lift.com, schindlerlift.net and schindlerlift.org
The WIPO Panel observed that
1. Disputed domain names are identical to the SCHINDLER Mark, and add the descriptive words “lift” or “elevator”.
2. The Respondent failed to produce any evidence to establish its rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name.
3. The domain names were booked decades after the Schindler group began its lift and elevator business under the name “Schindler”
Given the above, the Panel holds that the Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith
Based on the above mentioned observations the WIPO panel has ordered that the disputed domain names <schindler-elevator.com>, <schindler-elevator.net>, <schindler-lift.com>, <schindlerlift.net> and <schindlerlift.org> be transferred to the Complainant.
