WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Virgin Enterprises Limited v. On behalf of Owner, c/o / Tulip Trading Company Case No. D2018-1135 1. The Parties

The Complainant is Virgin Enterprises Limited of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“United Kingdom”), represented by Stobbs IP Limited, United Kingdom.

The Respondent is On behalf of Owner, c/o of Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America / Tulip Trading Company of Charlestown, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar

The disputed domain name is registered with Key-Systems GmbH dba (the “Registrar”). 3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on May 21, 2018. On May 22, 2018, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On May 23, 2018, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response disclosing registrant and contact information for the disputed domain name which differed from the named Respondent and contact information in the Complaint. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on May 30, 2018 providing the registrant and contact information disclosed by the Registrar, and inviting the Complainant to submit an amendment to the Complaint. The Complainant filed an amended Complaint on June 4, 2018.

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 Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on June 5, 2018. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for the Response was June 25, 2018. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on June 26, 2018.

The Center appointed Charles Gielen as the sole panelist in this matter on July 4, 2018. 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 contends that it owns the intellectual property rights of a group of companies (referred to as “the Virgin Group of Companies”) having diverse operations but all doing business by reference to the trade mark VIRGIN and that it is the proprietor of an international portfolio of registrations for VIRGIN and VIRGIN – formative trade marks, including VIRGIN MEDIA. The latter mark is registered, among others, as an European Union trade mark on October 14, 2015 under No. 013867478 for goods in class 9 and services in classes 35,36,38,41 and 42.

The disputed domain name was created on June 12, 2017 and resolves to a website displaying pay-per-click advertisements. 5. Parties’ Contentions A. Complainant

The Complainant owns the trade mark rights of the Virgin Group of Companies. The Virgin Group of Companies originated in 1970 when Richard Branson began selling music records under the trade mark VIRGIN and since that date it has expanded into a wide variety of businesses. As a result, the Virgin Group of Companies now comprises over 60 businesses worldwide, operating in 35 countries including throughout Europe, the United States of America, and Australasia. The number of employees employed by the Virgin Group of Companies is in excess of 69,000, generating an annual group turnover in excess of GBP 16.6 billion. Virgin Media is a British company and part of the Virgin Group of Companies. It provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband Internet services to business and domestic consumers. As at March 7, 2017, Virgin Media has over 3 million mobile users, 5.7 million cable TV customers nationwide and services over 50,000 businesses nationwide. Customers can book the various services offered via the website “”.

The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trade marks and in particular to the trade mark VIRGIN MEDIA. The only difference is in fact that the letter “i” in the word “virgin”