A Notification of Respondent Default was sent by the WIPO Center to Respondent and Complainant by email on December 13, 2000. No Response or other document has been received by the WIPO Center or the Administrative Panel from the Respondent since the Notification of Default. This Panel, therefore, finds that Respondent received notice of the Complaint and failed to submit a response as required by Rule 5. Mr. Thompson submitted a Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence to the WIPO Center. Parties Contentions A. Complainant Complainant claims that Respondent has registered a domain name that is confusingly similar to a trademark in which Complainant has rights.
Complainant contends that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in the domain name.
According to Complainant, Respondent has not used the domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods and services. Complainant asserts that Respondent has registered and is using the domain name in bad faith. According to Complainant the trademark is a unique name, and Respondent had notice of the mark because it is a well-known trademark. Thus Complainant asserts that Respondent must have registered the domain name with Complainant s trademark in mind. Additionally, Complainant indicates that in the 18 months since Respondent registered the name it has failed to develop a web site associated with the domain name.