WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Inter IKEA Systems B.V. v. Miguel Angulo Case No. DCO2018-0024 1. The Parties

The Complainant is Inter IKEA Systems B.V. of Delft, Netherlands, represented by Studio Barbero S.p.A, Italy.

The Respondent is Miguel Angulo of Bogotá, Colombia. 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 July 18, 2018. On July 18, 2018, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On July 18, 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 verified that 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 July 20, 2018. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was August 9, 2018. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent's default on August 13, 2018.

The Center appointed Andrea Dawson as the sole panelist in this matter on August 21, 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, IKEA Systems company was founded in 1943. The Complainant, directly or through its subsidiary companies, is the owner of numerous trademark registrations for or comprising IKEA, including trademarks registered in Europe and Colombia. (See Annex 4.1.1 to 4.8.2).

The IKEA brand is an internationally known brand, at the end of 2017, there were 355 IKEA stores in 29 IKEA Group countries in Europe, North America, the Russian Federation, Asia, Australia, Middle East and the Caribbean. In 2017, there were 817 million store visits worldwide, with 460 million shopping center visits. The retail sales in 2017 reached more than 34 billion. IKEA official web sites were visited over 2.1 billion times during 2017 and in the same period there were 137 million visits to the catalogue and store apps.

The Complainant owns trademark registrations for IKEA such as the European Trade Mark No. 109652 registered on October 10, 1998, and the Colombian trademark No. 321017 registered on September 8, 2006, for, among others, housing and decoration products.

The IKEA trademark has always been associated with the Complainant's business since its inception in 1943 and has been continuously used and recognized in connection with the Complainant's products and items manufactured and distributed around the world, being also used on the Complainant's business materials and means of promotion. Thanks to the franchise system, products bearing the IKEA trademark have been brought to hundreds of millions of people all over the world.

In order to increase the protection of the trademark IKEA on the Internet, the Complainant registered the term IKEA as a domain name in around 1000 gTLDs and ccTLDs, including , which was registered on July 29, 1995, and , which was registered on April 23, 2010, as shown in Annex 5.6.1. A list of the Complainant's domain names is attached herewith as Annex 5.6.2. The Complainant operates its official website "www."– which is translated in various languages, including Spanish – as its primary presence on the Internet for global promotion (see Annex 5.7).

The disputed domain name was registered on March 5, 2010.

Per the evidence provided by the Complainant the disputed domain name pointed to the website "", an online store of golf accessories, as per printout enclosed as Annex 6.1. Historical screenshots (dating back to 2014 and 2016) are also enclosed in Annexes 6.2 and 6.3.

The Complainant sent a Cease & Desist letter to the Respondent on May 11, 2018, requesting him to cease any use of the Domain Name and transfer it to the Complainant (Annexes 7.1.1 and 7.1.2). The Respondent replied, by email dated June 5, 2018, on the merits in Spanish (see Annex 7.3) arguing that he had been the owner of the Domain Name since more than eight years and that, when he registered the Domain Name, the Complainant had no interest in Colombia.

The Respondent further indicated that the IKEA would be the acronym of "International Know Escrucería Angulo". Nevertheless, he indicated to be prone to amicably solve the matter requesting USD 3,850 for the transfer of the domain name.

On June 11, 2018, the Complainant further replied by email to the Respondent reiterating the previous claims and requests, underlying that IKEA Systems owned prior rights over the trademark IKEA in Colombia. It was also highlighted that, since the Domain Name had been (always) redirected to the website "" where there was no mention of the existence of the alleged business named "International Know Escrucería Angulo" or of the acronym IKEA, the purported legitimate interest claimed by the Respondent was merely fabricated on purpose.

On June 14, 2018, the Respondent sent a final email in Spanish (see Annex 7.5) arguing that the Complainant could try any path to recover the domain name and stating that he did not agree with any of Complainant's arguments. 5. Parties' Contentions A. Complainant

The Complainant asserts that the Domain Name registered by the Respondent is identical to the trademark in which the Complainant has rights.

The Complainant further asserts that the Domain Name in fact incorporates the Complainant's IKEA tradem