WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Arkema France v. Benjamin McElvany Case No. D2018-1447 1. The Parties

1.1 The Complainant is Arkema France of Colombes, France, represented by Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC, United States of America ("United States").

1.2 The Respondent is Benjamin McElvany of Westford, Vermont, United States. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar

2.1 The disputed domain name (the "Domain Name") is registered with GoD, LLC (the "Registrar"). 3. Procedural History

3.1 The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on June 28, 2018. On June 29, 2018, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Domain Name. On June 29, 2018, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details. The Center sent a request for clarification to the Complainant on July 6, 2018, inviting the Complainant to amend the Complaint to address administrative formalities. The Complainant filed an amended Complaint on July 10, 2018.

3.2 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").

3.3 In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2 and 4, the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on July 11, 2018. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was July 31, 2018. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent's default on August 2, 2018.

3.4 The Center appointed Matthew S. Harris as the sole panelist in this matter on August 13, 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

4.1 The Complainant is a company incorporated in France in 2004. It operates industrial facilities in Europe, North America and Asia. It manufactures and sells a wide variety of products including fluorochemicals, technical polymers, thiochemicals, functional additives, industrial coatings, acrylics, hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxides and molecular sieves. It has offices in 40 countries and over 13,800 employees.

4.2 The Complainant has obtained registered trade marks that either incorporate or comprise the term "Arkema" around the world. They include United Stated registered trade mark no. 3,082,057 being a standard character mark for ARKEMA, filed on December 16, 2004 and registered on April 18, 2006 in classes 1, 2, 17 and 42.

4.3 On its face the Respondent would appear to be an individual, but whether this is the individual identified in the WhoIs database for the Domain Name is questionable. The Domain Name was registered on April 5, 2018.

4.4 No active website other than a holding page appears to have operated for the Domain Name. However, the Domain Name has been used for at least one email fraudulently impersonating the Chief Executive Officer of the Complainant sent to a member of staff of the Complai