The Complainant is part of the Alibaba Group, a leading Chinese multinational conglomerate founded on June 28, 1999, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang (hereinafter, “Alibaba”). Alibaba operates globally across a wide range of sectors including e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology, offering consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-business (B2B) sales services through both Chinese and international marketplaces. In addition, Alibaba provides services in digital media and entertainment, logistics, and cloud computing. Alibaba Innovation Private Limited is part of Alibaba’s global ecosystem, which also includes entities such as Alibaba (China) Co. Ltd., Bright Zenith Private Limited and Cloud Intelligence Assets Holding (Singapore) Private Limited.<\/p>\n
Ranked in 2020 as the fifth-largest artificial intelligence enterprise globally, the Complainant is active in over 190 countries and through its fintech subsidiary, Ant Group, also operates as the world's second-largest financial services provider after Visa, besides also being recognized as one of the most prominent venture capital and investment firms worldwide.<\/p>\n
Alibaba has also significantly expanded into the media, entertainment and artificial intelligence sectors, with revenues in these areas growing at a triple-digit rate year over year. <\/p>\n
In the field of generative media, Alibaba launched QODER, an agent coding platform designed for real software development, that exemplifies Alibaba’s commitment to advancing multimodal AI and democratizing access to next-generation content creation tools.<\/p>\n
Actively promoted as a next-generation AI-powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the QODER service is capable of autonomously planning, writing, testing, and delivering production-ready code, featuring distinct modes —“Agent Mode” for real-time conversational pair programming and “Quest Mode” for end-to-end asynchronous task execution — along with capabilities such as deep codebase understanding, persistent memory, model auto-selection, and integration with tools via Model Context Protocol (MCP).<\/p>\n
The Alibaba’s QODER platform is promoted through the website “www.qoder.com”, based on the domain name <qoder.com>, registered on August 21, 2009 – and operated by Complainant’s affiliated company Bright Zenith Private Limited. <\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <qoderide.net> was registered by the Respondent on August 22, 2025, one day after the Complainant publicly announced the launch of QODER, on August 21, 2025, and on the same day of the filing of two trademark applications for QODER in China by Alibaba (China) Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name resolves to a website featuring the QODER mark and promoting an AI-powered coding platform featuring a next-generation intelligent programming environment under the name QODER IDE.<\/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 its trademark QODER, as it includes the trademark in its entirety with the mere addition of the added string “ide”, followed by the generic Top Level Domain (“gTLD”) “.net”, 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 Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name because: i) the Respondent has never been authorized, licensed or otherwise permitted by the Complainant to use the QODER mark in any manner; ii) the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name and has no relevant trademark or trade name rights in QODER or in a name corresponding to the disputed domain name; and iii) the disputed domain name has not been used for a bona fide<\/em> offering of goods or services or for a legitimate non-commercial use, since it has been redirected to a website displaying the Complainant’s trademark and promoting the Complainant’s QODER services without authorization and without accurately and prominently disclose its lack of affiliation with the Complainant.<\/p>\n The Complainant contends that the Respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith because: i) the Respondent registered the disputed domain name on August 22, 2025, after the Complainant’s trademark filings for QODER in Hong Kong and mainland China and also the day after the public release of the QODER service in the media; ii) the disputed domain name resolves to a website where the Complainant’s trademarks are unduly and prominently displayed, demonstrating the Respondent was clearly aware of the Complainant’s trademark QODER; iii) the Respondent created a domain name that is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademarks, thereby reinforcing the association with the Complainant’s brand and increasing the likelihood of confusion; iv) the term “qoder” has no inherent meaning in the English language, which further supports the conclusion that the Respondent chose the disputed domain name to deliberately and intentionally evoke the Complainant’s mark; v) the Respondent is using the website associated with the disputed domain name to offer information about the Complainant’s service and to actively promote and distribute AI software under the name \"QODER IDE\" without authorization; vi) the Respondent’s website is available in multiple languages, including English and additional languages spoken in jurisdictions where numerous trademarks of the Complainant are registered, which clearly indicates an intent to target international audiences and further supports the conclusion that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant’s brand and business; and vii) the use of the Complainant’s trademarks both in the disputed domain name and within the website is deceptive, as it tends to confuse users who may reasonably, but wrongly, believe that they are navigating the official website of the Complainant. <\/p>\n As an additional circumstance evidencing the Respondent’s bad faith, the Complainant submits that Respondent failed to reply to the Complainant’s contact request for trademark infringement sent via the Registrar’s online form. <\/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": "2026-02-20 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant has established rights in the trademark QODER for the purpose of standing to file a UDRP complaint.<\/p>\n The Complainant’s affiliated company CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED is the owner of the following trademark registration: <\/p>\n - Hong Kong trademark registration No. 306901920 for QODER (word mark) registered on May 16, 2025, in classes 9 and 42.<\/p>",
"decision_domains": {
"qoderide.net": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}