command of the language, time and costs1. English is a fair choice for the language of the
proceeding under the circumstances of this case.
First, it is more likely than not that the Respondent understands English because the
December 3 Respondent’s email and the December 22 Respondent’s emails were written
in English and because the December 29 Respondent’s email indicates that he understood
text of the documents in English that the Complainant and the Center sent him.
Second, the Respondent has been involved in two Uniform Rapid Suspension System cases
where English was language of the administrative proceedings: Alibaba Group Holding
Limited v. Alexey Gurov, ADNDRC Case No. HKS-1400004 and Alibaba Group Holding Limited
v. Alexey Gurov, ADNDRC Case No. HKS-1400012 (the "URS Cases").
Third, the evidence on record shows that “www.open-taobao.com” and “www.taoimagine.com” websites display some content in the English language.
Fourth, the Complainant will be unfairly disadvantaged by being forced to translate the
Complaint and the documents associated with this administrative proceeding into Russian.
The Panel, therefore, accepts the Complaint in the English language and determines that
English should be language of this proceeding.
5.3. Standard of review
It is a consensus view among UDRP panelists that “[a] respondent's default does not
automatically result in a decision in favor of the complainant… [T]he complainant must
establish each of the three elements required by paragraph 4(a) of the UDRP.”2 A panel
may draw inferences from a respondent's default.3
The ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy provides, at Paragraph
4(a), that each of three findings must be made in order for a Complainant to prevail:
i.
ii.
iii.
Respondent’s domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark
or service mark in which Complainant has rights; and
Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain
name; and
Respondent’s domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
A) Identical / Confusingly Similar
To satisfy the first UDRP element, a domain name must be “identical or confusingly
similar” to a trademark, in which a complainant has rights. The Complainant demonstrated
its rights in the TAO and the TAOBAO marks by submission of copies of multiple
trademark registrations for the TAOBAO trademarks.
1
Paragraph 4.3 of WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Second Edition (“WIPO
Overview 2.0”).
2
Paragraph 4.6., WIPO Overview 2.0.
3
See, Id.
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