WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Ryanair DAC v. Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC / Kithnique eSolutions Pvt Ltd Case No. D2019-0557 1. The Parties

The Complainant is Ryanair DAC of Dublin, Ireland, represented by La Bruyere avocats, France.

The Respondent is Registration Private, Domains By Proxy, LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America (“United States”) / Kithnique eSolutions Pvt Ltd of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. 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 March 13, 2019. On March 13, 2019, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On March 13, 2019, 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 March 14, 2019, 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 March 18, 2019.

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 March 19, 2019. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was April 8, 2019. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on April 9, 2019.

The Center appointed Andrew F. Christie as the sole panelist in this matter on April 29, 2019. 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, incorporated and registered in Ireland since 1985, is a major airline operator in Europe, with 142 million annual booked passengers, a staff of more than 14,000 and a revenue of EUR 7.15 billion in 2018. It operates one of the world’s largest travel websites at “”, with 1 billion unique visitors each year. The Complainant has provided accommodation services, in respect of hotels, B&Bs, apartments and hostels, for more than 10 years, and has provided those services under the name “Ryanair Rooms” since October 1, 2016.

The Complainant owns a number of European Union trademark registrations comprising or containing the word mark RYANAIR, including trademark registration number 004168721 (registered on December 5, 2005) for the word mark RYANAIR, and trademark registration number 000338301 (registered on November 17, 1999) for the figurative mark consisting of RYANAIR with a Celtic harp symbol. The Complainant is also the owner of the domain name (registered on July 12, 1996), with which it promotes all its services, and the domain name (registered on April 17, 2012), with which it promotes its accommodation services.

The disputed domain name was registered on August 1, 2018. It resolves to a website purporting to be an online booking site for people travelling anywhere in the world, and it invites people who have unused space to “publish it in Ryanair Accommodation” to make money from it. 5. Parties’ Contentions A. Complainant

The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to its trademarks because: (i) it resolves to a website providing services that are identical and similar to those offered by the Complainant, (ii) it incorporates the Complainant’s RYANAIR word trad