WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Mr. Mahmoud Haidar, M Haidar
Case No. D2012-2231
1. The Parties
Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. ...Complainant
Complainant contends that the disputed domain name “is confusingly similar to Complainant’s famous ARMANI Mark … because it contains the exact Arabic translation of the famous ARMANI Mark in its entirety. ...
2013-01-21 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A., Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Hessamaldin Varposjty
Case No. DIR2014-0001
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A., Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio of Mendrisio, Switzerland, represented by Studio Rapisardi S.A., Switzerland.
...Complainant
The Complainant asserts that it is the owner of the well-known trademarks ARMANI and GIORGIO ARMANI which derive from the personal name of the famous fashion designer Giorgio Armani, known all over the world.
...
2014-05-07 - Case Details
The Giorgio Armani group has distributed its products in 36 countries and is identified with brands including Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, AJ Armani Jeans and Armani collections.
...Headings include "Perfume Sales", "Acqua di Gio Armani", "Giorgio Armani mania Perfume" and "Giorgio Perfume". The links lead to websites selling variously perfumes, cosmetics, toilets, water fittings, clothes, shoes and other things. ...
2015-05-29 - Case Details
Factual Background
The Complainant is the registered proprietor of the trademarks "ARMANI" "GIORGIO ARMANI" "EMPORIO ARMANI" registered in a large number of countries including the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Canada.
...It is beyond dispute that the Complainant has trademark rights in the "ARMANI" name. The domain name is identical to the "ARMANI" trademark. The Complainant is therefore within paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy"). ...
2001-07-31 - Case Details
These applications were filed on November 5, 2018 and are currently pending.
Respondent Ari Armani is an individual with an address in New York, New York in the United States. Mr. Armani is the founder and owner of Respondent Ari Armani & Co, a company that appears to provide public relations and marketing services. ...Based on the evidence submitted, which is not contested by Respondent, the Panel accepts Complainants’ contention that the disputed domain name is subject to the common control of Ari Armani and his company Ari Armani & Co. Moreover, Respondents’ informal response on February 25, 2019, was on behalf of both Respondents Ari Armani and his company Ari Armani & Co, further suggesting common control. ...
2019-04-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Li Kai
Case No. D2012-0503
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. ...Complainant
The Complainant is a company incorporated in Italy and the owner of numerous registrations worldwide for the trade marks ARMANI, EMPORIO ARMANI, GIORGIO ARMANI and AX - ARMANI EXCHANGE (the “Trade Marks”), the earliest dating from 1978.
...
2012-05-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.P.A. v. Name Redacted
Case No. D2019-0107
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.P.A. of Milan, Italy represented by Legalitax Studio Legale e Tributario, Italy.
...The Complainant is the proprietor of several trademarks such as ARMANI and GIORGIO ARMANI. For example, the Complainant has registered the trademark GIORGIO ARMANI as a European Union trademark on March 8, 1999. ...
2019-03-18 - Case Details
Factual Background
The Complainant is the Swiss branch of an Italian company which owns the trademarks ARMANI, ARMANI JEANS and AJ ARMANI JEANS (the “Trademarks”), registered in many countries worldwide, including the USA and China.
...D2005-0072.
As recognized inter alia in Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Min Zhi,
WIPO Case No. D2013-0020 and in GA Modefine S.A., Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. ...
2014-02-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
행정패널 결정문
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. SJ / 정석민
사건번호: D2013-0246
1. 당사자
신청인: Giorgio Armani S.p.A., 스위스 멘드리소
신청인의 대리인: Studio Rapisardi S.A., 스위스
피신청인: SJ / 정석민, 대한민국(“한국”) 서울
피신청인의 대리인: 정석재 및 김형덕(예지국제특허법률사무소), 한국
2. ...ii) 추가 제출 서류에서의 주장
신청인의 2013년3월29일자 및 4월9일자 추가 제출 서류에서의 주장 내용은 다음과 같다.
2004년 이후 한국의 대리인에게 발행한 청구서에 EA7 및 EA7 Emporio Armani 상표가 표시되어 있는 바 이 청구서는 한국에서 EA7 상표를 붙인 제품을 처음 사용한 날이 2004년 7월 21일임을 보여준다.
엑셀에 포함된 데이터는 2008년부터 2013년까지 한국 고객이 구매한 제품과 금액이 표시되어 있다.
...
2013-05-13 - Case Details
Kim Hontage, supra; GA MODEFINE SA., Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. Ahmad Haqqi, supra; GA MODEFINE SA v. AES OPTICS,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0306; GA MODEFINE S.A., Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. ...Richard Tonetti,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0493 and GA Modefine S.A. and Giorgio Armani v. Yoon-Min Yang,
WIPO Case No. D2005-0090).
Therefore, based on the evidence, the Panel is satisfied that the second element of the Policy is met.
...
2014-01-17 - Case Details
It is further evidenced by the Respondent's conduct
in registering domain names incorporating the marks of other famous Italian
clothing companies in combination with the suffix boutique. These
are ARMANI: ETRO: FENDI; and PRADA [see paragraph 4.4 above].
5.5 In support
of these contentions the Complainant relies upon the following Decisions
under the Policy.
5.5.1 WIPO
Case No. ...Mark O'Flynn
There the domain
name in issue was armaniboutique.com and the Complainant was the
owner of the famous ARMANI: GIORGIO ARMANI; and EMPORIO ARMANI trademarks
registered in a variety of classes in a great number of countries worldwide.
...
2001-06-06 - Case Details
It is further evidenced by the Respondent's conduct in registering
domain names incorporating the marks of other famous Italian clothing companies
in combination with the suffix boutique. These are ARMANI: ETRO: FENDI;
and GUCCI [see paragraph 4.4 above].
5.5 In support of these contentions the Complainant relies upon the
following Decisions under the Policy.
5.5.1 WIPO Case No. ...Mark O'Flynn
There the domain name in issue was "armaniboutique.com" and
the Complainant was the owner of the famous ARMANI: GIORGIO ARMANI; and EMPORIO
ARMANI trademarks registered in a variety of classes in a great number of countries
worldwide. ...
2001-06-05 - Case Details
The Complainant is the parent company of the famous Georgio Armani worldwide fashion business. The Complainant owns and operates (itself or through its associated companies) websites relating to this business using various domain names, including, most relevantly , which was registered for Georgio Armani Corporation in September1997, according to the WHOIS record.
...This is not a uniquely distinctive mark. It appears to be simply a contraction of ARMANI, which itself is an abbreviation of the genuinely famous GEORGIO ARMANI mark. The Complainant’s registrations for MANI, however, are not the only ones, even on the US Trademarks Register.
...
2001-04-24 - Case Details
D2000-1500 (panelist transferred domain name, finding that “[i]n particular, consumers looking for information regarding the 'Microsoft Home' or 'Microsoft Home' products would assume that the website address www.microsofthome.com would take them to an official Microsoft site that provides such information”); GA Modefine SA v. Armani International Investment, WIPO Case No. D2000-0305 (panelist transferred domain name “armaniinternational” to owner of ARMANI mark since “the adjunction of the trite adjective 'international' would not modify the attractive power of the word 'Armani'“); Dell Computer Corp. v. ...
2007-07-18 - Case Details
No further submissions
were received by WIPO or the Panel, as a consequence of which the date scheduled
for the issuance of the Panel’s Decision is May 10, 2001.
4.Factual Background
The Complainant is the
well known proprietor of the Giorgio Armani family of trade marks, including
the trade mark AX ARMANI EXCHANGE (the "Trade Mark"), a trade mark
which has been registered in a number of different jurisdictions since the early
to mid 1990s. ...Identical or confusing
similarity
The Domain Name is very
similar to the Trade Mark (AX ARMANI EXCHANGE). The Trade Mark is an unusual
one and the Panel takes the view that it is inconceivable that in selecting
the Domain Name the Respondent intended to do other than bring to mind the Complainant
and/or its products.
...
2001-05-11 - Case Details
Verbraucher würden denken, dass die Beschwerdeführerin nun Dienstleistungen zusammen mit dem Vornamen des Firmeninhabers oder einer seiner Familienmitglieder anbiete, wie es bei einigen Unternehmen üblich sei (z.B. Boss - Hugo Boss, Armani - Giorgio Armani). Ferner könnten Internetbenutzer über eine Internetsuchmaschine auf die Website der Beschwerdegegnerin stossen und meinen, es handle sich um eine Website des Pirelli-Konzerns.
...
2005-11-24 - Case Details
The Panel accepts the Complainant’s arguments that the worldwide fame of the Complainant’s MOMONDO trademark leaves no question of the Respondent’s awareness of the trademark at the time of the registration of the disputed domain name, which wholly incorporate the Complainant’s trademark MOMONDO, as recognized by numerous previous UDRP decision (Ga Modefine, Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. Kim Hontage,
WIPO Case No. D2007-0851; Ga Modefine, Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. Ahmad Haqqi,
WIPO Case No. ...AES Optics,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0306; Ga Modefine, Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. Jung Dong Kwon,
WIPO Case No. D2004 -1103). Moreover, the Respondent is using the disputed domain name to attract Internet users seeking a website linked to the Complainant and to its trademark MOMONDO to the Respondent’s own website, without the Respondent being in a position to legitimately offer services under this mark. ...
2013-10-30 - Case Details
Además, señala la Demandante que el mismo Demandado se ha visto envuelto en otros casos
anteriores en virtud del Reglamento, de la Política UDRP, o de otras políticas, en los que se ha declarado su
mala fe, mostrando una conducta habitual de mala fe, conforme al siguiente cuadro de casos anteriores del
Demandado:
Nombre de dominio Marca Caso Decisión
FXCM DES2020-0048 Transferencia
BRIDOR DES2022-0013 Transferencia
ROLLS ROYCE
RR
DMX2016-0006 Transferencia
MISSONI
HOTEL MISSONI
D2011-1768 Transferencia
GUCCI D2012-0357 Transferencia
ARMANI
GIORGIO ARMANI
EMPORIO ARMANI
D2012-0595 Transferencia
MILE MIGLIA
MIGLIA
DAE2016-0001 Transferencia
< vichy-usa.com>
< yslbeautyusa.com>
< yslbeauty-us.com>
YSL BEAUTE INOA
VICHY
THE BODY SHOP
D2013-1264 Transferencia
B. ...
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El nombre de dominio aparece registrado a nombre del demandado por primera vez el 19 de enero de 2000, y puesto al día por última vez el 17 de julio de 2002.
4.4 El Panelista ha podido comprobar personalmente
que el sitio con el nombre de dominio está en construcción,
apareciendo de momento multitud de términos, algunos de ellos de marcas conocidas
como “Giorgio Armani” y otras puramente genéricos como “software”,
todos ellos con vínculos a otras páginas web. No se advierte, dada la relación
de términos incluidos en la página web, cual pueda haber sido el criterio para
incluirlos en ella, ni la utilidad de su inclusión para el titular del nombre
de dominio.
5. ...A ello hay que añadir que en estos momentos, según ha podido comprobar el Panelista, que aparecen en la página web con el nombre de dominio una serie de términos absolutamente heterogéneos, que incluyen junto a marcas conocidas como “Giorgio Armani”, “Armani Fragance” otros términos manifiestamente genéricos como “Luxury Townhomes”, “Software” o “Laboratory”, no apareciendo por ninguna parte que los términos incluidos en la página, todos los cuales tienen vínculos con otras páginas distintas, puedan servir a una actividad seria, de la cual no aparece ningún indicio.
...
2004-12-08 - Case Details
Several complaints under the UDRP have been filed against the same apparent Respondent, all decided in the favor of the complainants. See, for example, Giorgio Armani S.p.A, Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Richard Yaming,
WIPO Case No. D2011-2233 for the domain name ; O2 Holdings Limited v. ...
2014-05-30 - Case Details