WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION LinkedIn Corporation v. Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC / Sathishkumar Varatharajan, Kudo Metrics Case No. D2018-1807 1. The Parties

The Complainant is LinkedIn Corporation of Sunnyvale, California, United States of America (“US”), represented by The GigaLaw Firm, Douglas M. Isenberg, Attorney at Law, LLC, US.

The Respondent is Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona, US / Sathishkumar Varatharajan, Kudo Metrics of Salem, India, self-represented. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar

The disputed domain name is registered with GoD, LLC (the “Registrar”). 3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on August 9, 2018. On August 9, 2018, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On August 10, 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 August 10, 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 amendment to the Complaint on August 11, 2018.

The Center verified that the Complaint together with the amendment to the 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 August 15, 2018. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was September 4, 2018. The Response was filed with the Center on September 4, 2018. In its Response, the Respondent consented to the remedy requested by the Complainant. On September 4, 2018, the Center sent the Parties a communication regarding a possible settlement, but the Complainant did not request a suspension of the proceeding since its attempts to contact the Respondent had been unsuccessful.

The Center appointed Andrea Mondini as the sole panelist in this matter on September 14, 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 is a major professional network on the Internet. Its website “” is one of the most popular websites in the world.

The Complainant is the owner of several registrations for the trademark LINKEDIN, including US trademark registration no. 3,074,241, first used in commerce on May 5, 2003 and registered on March 28, 2006, claiming online business networking services.

The disputed domain name was registered on October 5, 2015. The disputed domain name resolves to a website offering customers the ability to buy LinkedIn followers. 5. Parties’ Contentions A. Complainant

The Complainant contends in essence:

- That the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark LINKEDIN because it incorporates this trademark in its entirety, whereas the addition of the descriptive words “buy” and “followers” does not dispel the confusing similarity,

- That the practice of selling LinkedIn followers is in violation of the Complainant’s User Agreement, in which users agree that they will not “[c]reate a false identity on LinkedIn, misrepresent your id