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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 07:16:26+00:00

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On September 23, 2004, the Registrar advised the Center that the language of the registration agreement was Korean. The Complainant had alleged in its complaint that English was the language of the agreement. This was a reasonable assumption since (a) the Registrar��s form of agreement was posted on the Registrar��s website in the English language and (b) there is nothing in that agreement which requires use of any other language by a registrant.
Despite representations to the contrary from the Complainant��s lawyers, the Center required the Complainant to have the Complainant translated into Korean following the registrar��s confirmation that the language of the domain name registration agreement selected by the Respondent was Korean and the Respondent��s communication by e-mail that he does not consent to English as the language of the proceedings. Despite being served with a Korean version of the complaint the Respondent filed no response.
I was chosen as a Panelist by the Center from a list of three provided by the Complainant pursuant to Paragraph 7 of the UDRP Rules. The others were well-known Panelists from the United Kingdom and the United States. I doubt whether either of the other nominees would speak or read Korean. I am certainly unable to do so. It was reasonable, in my view, for the Complainant, when seeking a three-member panel, to nominate three English-speaking Panelists.
Under Paragraph 11 of the UDRP Rules, the language of the administrative proceedings, absent agreement by the parties, is that of the registration agreement, unless the Panel decides otherwise.
I respectfully disagree with the opinion of the majority that Korean should be the language of the proceedings. In my view there are the following reasons that require English.
(a) The Respondent demonstrated some facility with the English language in his email communications to the Center.
(b) The disputed domain name includes a word in the English language (universal) and clearly relates to companies in an English-speaking country.
(c) The content on the Respondent��s website is in English and shows that he may communicate his views in that language.
(d) The fact that the Respondent has filed no response even to the Korean complaint.
Numerous WIPO decisions indicate that the intention of Paragraph 11 is to ensure fairness in the selection of language, the expenses to be incurred and the delay caused by translations.
��Thus the general rule is that the parties are at liberty to agree on the language of the administrative proceeding. In the absence of this agreement, the language of the Registration Agreement shall dictate the language of the proceeding. However, the Panel reserves the right to decide otherwise having regard to the circumstances of the case. The Panel��s discretion must be exercised in the spirit of fairness and justice to both parties taking into consideration matters such as command of the language, time and costs. It is important that the language finally decided by the Panel for the proceeding must not be prejudicial to either of the parties in his or her abilities to articulate the arguments for the case.
The above case is different from the present in that the Respondent there, unlike here, made no representation on the question of language of the proceedings. I agree with the Panelist about the relevance of the language of the website in deciding the language of the proceeding and also with the consideration of extra cost imposed on a Complainant in having to have translations made.
A case where the registration agreement was in Korean but where the parties had corresponded in English with the Respondent demonstrating an ability to understand and communicate in English, is Deutsche Messe AG v. Kim Hyungho, WIPO Case No. D2003-0679. There the Panel determined that English be the language of the proceeding on condition that the Respondent be permitted to submit documents and submissions in Korean. There was, also in that case, a small website in English using the disputed domain name.
A case where the complaint (as here) was originally prepared in English but filed in Korean is Amazon.com v. Kim Yoon-Jo, WIPO Case No. D2003-0774. There the Respondent filed no Response and the Complainant was not able to communicate in Korean. In the interests of fairness, the three-member Panel decided that English should be the language of the proceedings and not Korean, the language of the registration agreement. The Panel nevertheless considered any Korean documents submitted by the Respondent.
��The complaint was filed in the English language. The Respondent asserts that all document in this dispute resolution proceeding should be filed in the Korean language, which was the language of the registration agreement for the Domain Name, whereas the Complainant asserts that English should be the language of the proceeding.
According to Paragraph 11 of the Rules, the language of the administrative proceeding shall be the language of the registration agreement unless the Panel decides otherwise. The spirit of Paragraph 11 is to ensure fairness in the selection of language by giving full consideration to the parties�� level of comfort with each language, the expenses to be incurred and the possibility of delay in the proceeding in the event translations are required and other relevant factors.
All these previous WIPO decisions, in this Panelist��s view, favour English as the language of the proceedings in the present case.
I agree with the majority that the complaint be allowed and transfer of the Disputed Domain Name ordered. I have been supplied with a translation of the operative part of the decision by the Presiding Panelist and I agree with it.
The Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Complainant��s marks. The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests. The registration was made and continues in bad faith.
- London Metal Exchange Limited v. Syed Hussain, WIPO Case No. D2000-1388.

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