WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

Oboleo Ltd v. 杨智超 (Zhi Chao Yang), Zhichao Yang, Zhichao, Privacy Administrator, Anonymize, Inc., Carolina Rodrigues, Fundacion Comercio Electronico, and Milen Radumilo

Case No. D2020-1952

1. The Parties

The Complainant is Oboleo Ltd, Cyprus, represented by John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq., United States of America (“United States”).

The Respondents are 杨智超 (Zhi Chao Yang), China; Zhichao Yang, China; Zhichao, China; Privacy Administrator, Anonymize, Inc., United States; Carolina Rodrigues, Fundacion Comercio Electronico, Panama; and Milen Radumilo, Romania.

2. The Domain Names and Registrars

The disputed domain name <s3cretbenefits.com> is registered with Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

The disputed domain names <secretbenefitts.com> and <secretbenefitz.com> are registered with Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

The disputed domain names <asecretbenefits.com>, <comsecretbenefits.com>, <dsecretbenefits.com>, <psecretbenefits.com>, <seacretbenefits.com>, <secreatbenefits.com>, <secredbenefits.com>, <secrefbenefits.com>, <secretbenefist.com>, <secretbenefite.com>, <secretbeneflts.com>, <secretbernefits.com>, <secretbsnefits.com>, <secrtetbenefits.com>, and <seecretbenefits.com> are registered with Cloud Yuqu LLC.

The disputed domain names <scecretbenefits.com>, <secretbenefiits.com>, and <swcretbenefits.com> are registered with Dynadot, LLC.

The disputed domain names <sceretbenefits.com>, <secretvenefits.com>, and <sercetbenefits.com> are registered with Epik, Inc.

The disputed domain names <secrettbenefits.com>, <secrretbenefits.com>, and <wwwsecretbenefits.com> are registered with GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.

The disputed domain names <seccretbenefits.com> and <secretbenefis.com> are registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC.

The disputed domain name <secretbenefiys.com> is registered with NameSilo, LLC.

The disputed domain name <secretbenwfits.com> is registered with Tucows Inc.

The disputed domain names <bsecretbenefits.com>, <csecretbenefits.com>, <gsecretbenefits.com>, <secretbanefits.com>, <secretbdnefits.com>, <secretbeefits.com>, <secretbeenefits.com>, <secretbenafits.com>, <secretbendfits.com>, <secretbeneefits.com>, <secretbenefeits.com>, <secretbeneffits.com>, <secretbenefifs.com>, <secretbenefitss.com>, <secretbenefkts.com>, <secretbeneftits.com>, <secretbeneifits.com>, <secretbenerits.com>, <secretbenetits.com>, <secretbenfeits.com>, <secrethenefits.com>, <secrfetbenefits.com>, <wsecretbenefits.com>, and <zecretbenefits.com> are registered with West263 International Limited.

Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Cloud Yuqu LLC, Dynadot, LLC, Epik, Inc., GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd, GoDaddy.com, LLC, NameSilo, LLC, Tucows Inc., and West263 International Limited are referred to below individually and collectively as “the Registrar”.

3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed in English with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on July 24, 2020. On July 27, 2020, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain names. Between July 27, 2020 and August 3, 2020, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response disclosing registrant and contact information for the disputed domain names which differed from the named Respondent and contact information in the Complaint. On August 7, 2020, the Center sent an email communication to the Complainant providing the registrant and contact information disclosed by the Registrar, and inviting the Complainant to submit an amendment to the Complaint. On the same day, the Complainant filed an amended Complaint in English.

On August 7, 2020, the Center sent a communication to the Parties, in English and Chinese, regarding the language of the proceeding. On the same day, the Complainant confirmed its request that English be the language of the proceeding. The Respondents did not comment.

The Center verified that the Complaint together with the amended Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy” or “UDRP”), 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 and 4, the Center formally notified the Respondents in English and Chinese of the amended Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on August 14, 2020. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was September 3, 2020. The Respondents did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondents’ default on September 4, 2020.

The Center appointed Matthew Kennedy as the sole panelist in this matter on September 23, 2020. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. 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 and operator of a dating website named “Secret Benefits” that it has operated at the address “www.secretbenefits.com” since March 2016. The Complainant has promoted its “Secret Benefits” mark, including through sponsored articles in online publications since at least February 2018. The Complainant is the owner of United States trademark registration number 5,958,569 for SECRET BENEFITS, registered on January 14, 2020 (applied for on March 15, 2018) with a claim of first use in commerce on March 15, 2016, in respect of services in classes 42 and 45, including Internet-based dating services. That trademark registration remains live.

The Respondents are the underlying registrants of the disputed domain names as identified in the Registrar’s WhoIs database, except for Privacy Administrator, Anonymize, Inc., which is a privacy service. According to evidence provided by the Complainant, panels in multiple prior proceedings under the Policy have found that each of the named underlying registrants had registered and was using other domain names in bad faith. As to the relationship among the named Respondents, see section 6.1A below.

The disputed domain names were registered on the following dates by the following registrants: