The Complainant is a banking and payments business founded in 2005, with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. It now has more than 5,000 employees and 147 million customers and is operational in 45 countries. The Complainant’s brand is KLARNA and, in addition to its trade marks for KLARNA, it owns domain names which comprise or include this term, including <klarna.com> and <klarna.co>.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <klarna-ab.com> was registered on May 23, 2022 and the disputed domain name <klarna-login.com> was registered on June 1, 2022. Neither of the disputed domain names resolves to an active website.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain names are confusingly similar to a trade mark in which the Complainant has rights. Each of them contains the Complainant’s KLARNA trade mark in its entirety, and adds terms which do not serve to distinguish them from that mark, namely “ab” (an abbreviation for the Swedish company structure “Aktiebolaget”) and “login”. These additional terms are referrable to the Complainant or its services and, in these circumstances, do not prevent a finding of confusing similarity.<\/p>\n
The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain names. The Complainant has not found that the Respondent is commonly known by either of the disputed domain names nor is there any evidence to suggest that the Respondent is using, or preparing to use, the disputed domain names in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. The Respondent has never been a licensee of the Complainant and has not sought to put forward any arguments that it has rights to the disputed domain names by replying to the claim letter sent to it by the Complainant’s representatives.<\/p>\n
The Respondent has registered and is using the disputed domain names in bad faith. The Complainant’s trade mark registrations precede the registrations of the disputed domain names and the use by the Respondent of related generic terms in them suggest that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant’s trade marks as at the dates of registration. Moreover, the Respondent’s failure to respond to the Complainant’s cease and desist letter should be taken as a further indication of bad faith.<\/p>", "other_legal_proceedings": "
The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings which are pending or decided and which relate to the disputed domain names.<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "
NO ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLIANT RESPONSE HAS BEEN FILED. <\/p>", "rights": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain names are identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy).<\/p>", "no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Respondent to have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain names (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy).<\/p>", "bad_faith": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain names have been registered and are being used in bad faith (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy).<\/p>", "procedural_factors": "
The Panel is satisfied that all procedural requirements under UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision.<\/p>", "decision": "Accepted", "panelists": [ "Antony Gold" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2022-10-11 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of a number of trade marks for KLARNA including, by way of example, International Trade Mark, registration number 1217315 in classes 35, 36, 39, 42 and 45, registered on March 4, 2014.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "klarna-ab.com": "TRANSFERRED", "klarna-login.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }