The Complainant was founded in Sweden in 1993 and is part of the QlikTech Group, providing artificial intelligence, data analytics and business intelligence solutions and offering software to businesses worldwide under the trademark QLIK.<\/p>\n
The Complainant’s group has a robust network of international partners and a global presence, with offices in North America, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, including in India, where it has an active presence through associated companies.<\/p>\n
As of 2025, the Complainant’s Group serves more than 40,000 global customers and has more than 235,000 community members.<\/p>\n
The Complainant is the owner of numerous domain names encompassing QLIK, including <qlik.com>, registered on March 17, 1998, used by the Complainant to promote its products and services under the trademark QLIK. Particularly, the Complainant provides a demo site to showcase the full potential of the Complainant’s product portfolio in an interactive and engaging way under the sub-domain name <explore.qlik.com>.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <exploreqlik.com> was registered on May 14, 2025, and currently resolves to an inactive website.<\/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": "
COMPLAINANT<\/p>\n
The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark QLIK, as it includes the trademark in its entirety with the mere addition of the word “explore” and the generic Top Level Domain (“gTLD”) “.com”, which are not sufficient to escape the finding that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's trademark.<\/p>\n
The Complainant asserts that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name because the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name and has no relevant trademark or trade name rights in QLIK or in a name corresponding to the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n
The Complainant also submits that the disputed domain name has not been used for a bona fide<\/em> offering of goods or services or a legitimate non-commercial use since the disputed domain name is being passively held and the structure of the disputed domain name reflects the Respondent’s intention to create an association, and a subsequent likelihood of confusion, in Internet users’ mind, since the Complainant uses the sub-domain name <explore.qlik.com> in connection with its demo site aimed at showing the full potential of the Complainant’s product portfolio.<\/p>\n The Complainant also informs the Panel that it sent a Cease-and-Desist letter to the Respondent, transmitting it to the Registrar and requesting that it be forwarded to the Respondent, but received no response despite the subsequent reminders sent.<\/p>\n The Complainant submits that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name in bad faith since: i) the Complainant’s rights in the QLIK mark long predate the registration date of the disputed domain name; ii) considering the Complainant’s trademark is well-known, the Respondent could not have been unaware of the Complainant at the time of registering the dispute domain name; and iii) the structure of the disputed domain name – incorporating the Complainant’s well known trademark QLIK, preceded by the term “explore” – shows the Respondent registered the disputed domain name having the Complainant and its QLIK trademark in mind, considering the Complainant uses the sub-domain name <explore.qlik.com>, to resolve to its demo site.<\/p>\n Moreover, the Complainant contends that the non-use of the disputed domain name does not prevent a finding of bad faith under the doctrine of passive holding considering the well-known character of the Complainant’s trademark encompassed in the disputed domain name, the failure of the Respondent to submit a Response or to provide any evidence of actual or contemplated good-faith use and the Respondent’s concealing its identity. The Complainant also states that, since MX records are present in the DNS configuration of the disputed domain name, there is a risk that corresponding e-mail addresses exist and be used in a fraudulent manner.<\/p>\n RESPONDENT<\/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": [
"Luca Barbero"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2025-10-13 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant has demonstrated ownership of rights in the trademark QLIK for the purposes of standing to file a UDRP complaint.<\/p>\n The Complainant is the owner of numerous trademark registrations for QLIK, including the following:<\/p>\n - International trademark registration No. 839118 for QLIK (word mark), registered on May 14, 2004, in classes 9, 35 and 42;<\/p>\n - International trademark registration No. 1781507 for QLIK (semi-figurative mark), registered on December 20, 2023, in classes 9, 35 and 42;<\/p>\n - European Union trademark registration No. 001115948 for QLIK (word mark), filed on March 23, 1999, and registered on May 16, 2000, in classes 9, 35 and 42;<\/p>\n - European Union trademark registration No. 011611126 for QLIK (word mark), filed on February 27, 2013, and registered on July 2, 2013, in classes 9, 35 and 42;<\/p>\n - United States of America trademark registration No. 3114427 for QLIK (word mark), filed on May 14, 2004, and registered on July 11, 2006, in international classes 9, 35 and 42;<\/p>\n - United States of America trademark registration No. 2657563 for QLIK (word mark), filed on April 28, 1999 and registered on December 10 2002, in international class 9;<\/p>\n - Indian trademark registration No. 2443782 for QLIK (word mark), filed on December 17, 2012, in class 9.<\/p>",
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"exploreqlik.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}