Founded in Stockholm in 2005, Klarna Bank AB operates a banking and payments business in 45 countries with more than 5,000 employees, serving in excess of 400,000 merchants, 147 million consumers and with approximately 2,000,000 transactions every day. Klarna offers payment solutions to e-stores, e.g. after-delivery-payment which allows buyers to receive the ordered goods before any payment is due, attracting major international clients such as Spotify, Disney, Samsung, Wish, ASOS and many others. The Complainant’s website WWW.CLARNA.COM received an average of over 45 million visits per month during the second half of 2023.<\/p>\n
These trademark registrations predate the registration of the disputed domain name. Due to extensive use, advertising and revenue associated with its trademarks, the Complainant enjoys a high degree of goodwill around the world and has successfully challenged domain names infringing the rights in the KLARNA trademark in a number of UDRP cases.<\/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 name.<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "
The Complainant submits that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it. The Complainant makes a number of legal arguments (referenced below) and also supplies a set of annexes providing evidence of its activities and of the Respondent's use of the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n
No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>", "rights": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain name is 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 name (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 name has been registered and is 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": [ "Udo Pfleghar B.A. (Melb.)" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-01-12 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of the registered trademark KLARNA as a word and device mark in several classes in various countries, such as e.g. <\/p>\n
- KLARNA, Registration Number: IR1217315, Designated territories: US, JP, MX, RU, NZ, KR, CH, AU, ID, TR, NO;<\/p>\n
- KLARNA, Registration Number: IR1066079, Designated territories: Russia, China, Turkey and Norway;<\/p>\n
- KLARNA, Registration Number: EUTM009199803, European Union;<\/p>\n
- KLARNA, Registration Number: EUTM00912656658, European Union;<\/p>\n
- KLARNA, Registration Number: US4582346, USA;<\/p>\n
- KLARNA, Registration Number: SE405801, Sweden.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "klarnatech.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }