The Complainant is a State-owned entity and one of the world’s largest companies in the chemicals and petrochemicals sector. It was founded in 1976 by the royal decree of King Khalid of Saudi Arabia. In 2020, the Complainant became part of the Saudi Aramco family of companies following an acquisition. This partnership further strengthened the Complainant’s position in the global chemicals market. The Complainant states that it has established a strong presence in China over the years, especially in its industrial and chemical sectors. It also formed joint ventures and partnerships with key Chinese companies such as FUJIAN Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. The Complainant was also authorised by the Chinese government to construct a petrochemical complex in China. Today, the Complainant is a key player in the global chemicals industry, with around 31,000 employees and serving customers in over 140 countries.<\/p>\n
The Complainant owns various domain names which comprise its SABIC trade mark, such as its official domain name <sabic.com>, registered on October 1, 1998.<\/p>\n
The Complainant has a significant Internet presence under the SABIC name through its website and social media accounts on LinkedIn, YouTube, X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat.<\/p>\n
The Respondent is identified in the registration information as \"(geng de gang) (geng de gang) of 21529 (Jiang su), (Suzhou), 215000, China\".<\/p>\n
The Respondent registered the disputed domain name on January 29, 2018. At the time of filing the Complaint, the disputed domain name redirected to a website which prominently displayed the Complainant’s SABIC trade mark and purported to be a branch of or official website of the Complainant in China. The webpage reflected statements in Chinese to the effect that the company is an official SABIC authorized agent.<\/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.<\/p>\n
No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>",
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The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain name is 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 language of the registration agreement is Chinese. The Complainant requested that the language of proceedings be English.<\/p>\n
Having considered all circumstances of the case, the Panel has decided that it would be fair and equitable to all parties to have the language of the proceedings be English as:<\/p>\n
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The Panel is satisfied that all other procedural requirements under UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision in English.<\/p>\n
<\/p>", "decision": "Accepted", "panelists": [ "Francine Tan" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-02-03 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of trademark registrations for SABIC including the following:<\/p>\n
The designations of these registrations include China where the Respondent appears to be located.
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