The Rubik’s Cube was created in 1974 by Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture, who applied for a patent for the Rubik’s Cube in Hungary on January 30, 1975 branding the product the \"Rubik’s Cube\" for its commercial launch in 1980. The Rubik’s Cube went from being a teaching medium to becoming a best-selling toy with approximately 500 million units sold in total. The Complainant acquired the RUBIK's CUBE brand (and related intellectual property rights) in 2021.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered on March 15, 2023. Originally it resolved to a website that advertised courses on a paid basis to teach people how to solve a Rubik's cube puzzle using a logo which features a picture of a cube and which features the Complainant's trade mark RUBIK'S CUBE in brightly coloured letters and the word \"Academy\" in a much smaller black font below it. Since around March 2024 it appears that this website was no longer accessible.<\/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 contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it.
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": [ "Mr Alistair Payne" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2024-08-21 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant has demonstrated that it owns registered trade mark rights for its RUBIK trade mark including in particular Indian trade mark registration 1833546 for RUBIK registered on June 26, 2009 and Indian trade mark registration 3532192 for RUBIK'S CUBE registered on April 24, 2017. <\/p>", "decision_domains": { "RubiksCubeAcademy.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }