{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108233", "time_of_filling": "2025-12-22 10:35:31", "domain_names": [ "honeytoonmodapk.com" ], "case_administrator": " Iveta Špiclová (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Ms Demetra Philippou Ms (HONEYTECH LTD)" ], "complainant_representative": null, "respondent": [ "Sarib Khan" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant operates in the digital entertainment services sector through a platform named \"honeytoon\", which enables users to access digital entertainment content, namely digital comics. The platform allows users to purchase limited licenses to access such digital content and to submit, upload, post, display, communicate or otherwise publish various type of content, such as profile information, screenshots, comments, third party URL links, and other materials of any type on or through the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

The disputed domain name was registered on October 11, 2025, by an individual, allegedly located in Pakistan. It resolves to a website promoting a comic reader app, named \"Honeytoon\", which purportedly features a vast library of webtoons, manhwa, manga, and manhua across genres such as romance, adventure, drama, and fantasy. The website also advertises a \"Honeytoon APK Lite variant\" intended for budget devices. The promoted applications are allegedly curated by an entity named Honeytoon, Inc. The website <\/span>prominently displays the Complainant's HONEYTOON figurative and word marks. <\/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

According to the Complainant, although it does not own any registered trademark for the HONEYTOON mark, it has nonetheless established rights in this mark through its extensive and continuous use in commerce, which has resulted in acquired distinctiveness and recognition of the mark as a source identifier for the Complainant's services. The Complainant operates the \"honeytoon\" platform and publicly identifies its online entertainment services on its corporate website.<\/p>\n

The HONEYTOON mark is used consistently and prominently across the Complainant's official website and platform, marketing materials, and its official social media channels, including X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Independent online references and third party mention additionally demonstrate that the public associates the HONEYTOON designation exclusively with the Complainant. The Web Archive records confirm that the \"honeytoon\" platform was publicly accessible and branded well before the Respondent registered the disputed domain name. Moreover, marketing and analytics data show millions of searches for the keyword \"honeytoon\", all of which are associated exclusively with the Complainant.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name incorporates the Complainant's HONEYTOON mark in its entirety. The addition of the descriptive term \"mod apk\", which directly refers to modified or unauthorized versions of mobile applications, cannot prevent a finding of confusing similarity of the disputed domain name with the Complainant's mark.<\/p>\n

The Complainant further maintains that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Complainant never authorized, licensed or otherwise permitted the Respondent to use the HONEYTOON mark. There is no evidence that the Respondent is commonly known by the disputed domain name or operates any legitimate business under this designation.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name resolves to a website that does not provide a genuine or authorized version of the \"honeytoon\" platform. Instead, the Respondent's website promotes \"mod apk\" files, which, by definition, consist of unauthorized and modified versions of software. Such use of the disputed domain name is not legitimate and constitutes an unlawful exploitation of the Complainant's mark. Consequently, the Respondent's activities through the disputed domain name cannot constitute a bona fide offering of goods or services.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the Respondent's conduct evidences consumer diversion and trademark tarnishment as the use of the Complainant's mark within the disputed domain name intentionally directs Internet users, searching for the official \"honeytoon\" platform, toward unauthorized content that exposes them to security vulnerability and malware risks. This behavior damages the Complainant's reputation and undermines user trust. The Respondent's website also functions as a competitor or parasitic site, by distributing unauthorized APK content, imitating the Complainant's service and monetizing diverted user traffic. The Complainant also submits that the disputed domain name falsely suggests affiliation as the Respondent uses it to impersonate an official service offered by the Complainant and illegally distributes an unauthorized version of a \"honeytoon\" comic reader app. Accordingly, such use of the disputed domain name cannot confer rights or legitimate interests to the Respondent.<\/p>\n

With respect to registration and use in bad faith, the Complainant contends that given the Complainant's established online presence, extensive marketing and global recognition of the HONEYTOON mark, it is inconceivable that the Respondent was unaware of the Complainant at the time the disputed domain name was registered. The registration of a domain name that incorporates a distinctive and widely used third party's mark constitutes evidence of bad faith. Moreover, the Complainant submits that the Respondent intentionally registered the disputed domain name for the purpose of diverting consumers for commercial gain by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark. The nature of the disputed domain name, consisting of the Complainant's mark coupled with the wording \"mod apk\", has no plausible purpose other than to mislead users into believing that the disputed domain name offers an official or sanctioned \"honeytoon\" application.<\/p>\n

The Complainant further contends that the Respondent's conduct amounts to trademark tarnishment and causes consumer harm, as the dispute domain name is used to distribute unauthorized and potentially harmful software. In addition, the Respondent's behavior reflects a broader pattern of impersonation, unfair competition and parasitic exploitation of brand traffic, which also supports a finding of bad faith. Accordingly, the Complainant considers that the disputed domain name was registered and is being primarily used to exploit the Complainant's goodwill, to divert Internet users and to benefit from the resulting confusion.<\/p>\n

No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/span><\/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>\n

<\/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": [ "Angelica Lodigiani" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-01-31 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

On 26 November 2025, the Complainant has filed a US trademark application for the HONEYTOON word mark, under serial No. 99517045, for services in class 41. At the time of the filing of this UDRP Complaint, this US trademark application is still pending.<\/p>\n

The Complainant maintains that it has established rights in the HONEYTOON mark through extensive and continuous use in commerce, resulting in acquired distinctiveness of the mark as a source identifier for the Complainant's digital entertainment services.<\/p>\n

The Complainant is also the owner of the domain name <honeytoon.com>, registered on 17 January 2022. <\/p>", "decision_domains": { "honeytoonmodapk.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }