Complainant states that it is “an outdoor sports equipment manufacturing French Company created by the Salomon’s Family on 1947, in Annecy, France”; that it “produces products for various sports markets, including trail running, hiking, climbing, adventure racing, skiing, and snowboarding in over 40 countries on five continents”; and that it “owns many domain names including the distinctive wording SALOMON such as a large presence in Asia, including the domain name <salomon.com> registered since 1995-01-11.”<\/p>\n
The Disputed Domain Name was created on May 24, 2025, and, according to the Complaint, “redirects to an online shop template selling discounted clothing and accessories under the SALOMON brand.” In support thereof, Complainant has provided a screenshot from a website associated with the Disputed Domain Name, which advertises shoes for sale under the SALOMON brand.<\/p>", "other_legal_proceedings": "
The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings that are pending or decided and that relate to the Disputed Domain Name.<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "
Complainant contends, in relevant part, as follows:<\/p>\n
Paragraph 4(a)(i): Complainant states that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the SALOMON Trademark because the Disputed Domain Name contains the SALOMON Trademark “in its entirety” and “[t]he addition of the geographic sig[n] ‘TW’ for Taiwan at the end of the domain name <salomon-tw.com> and the gTLD ‘.COM’ are not sufficient elements to escape the finding that the domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademarks SALOMON.”<\/p>\n
Paragraph 4(a)(ii): Complainant states that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Disputed Domain Name because, inter alia, “Respondent is not known as the disputed domain name”; “the Respondent is not affiliated with nor authorized by the Complainant in any way”; “Neither license nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use of the Complainant’s trademark SEZANE, or apply for registration of the disputed domain names by the Complainant” (the Panel assumes that Complainant intended to refer to the SALOMON Trademark, not “Complainant’s trademark SEZANE”); and “Respondent used the disputed domain name to disrupt Complainant’s business and to attract users by impersonating the Complainant.”<\/p>\n
Paragraph 4(a)(iii): Complainant states that the Disputed Domain Name was registered and is being used in bad faith because, inter alia, “Respondent is attempting to pass itself off as the Complainant by using its registered trademarks SALOMON® in violation of Policy”; “the disputed domain name is redirecting to online stores that competed with the products offered by the Complainant”; and “[u]sing a domain name in order to offer competing services is often been held to disrupt the business of the owner of the relevant mark is bad faith.”<\/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 UDRP).<\/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 UDRP).<\/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 UDRP).<\/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": [ "Douglas Isenberg" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-02-24 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
Complainant states that it “is the owner of SALOMON trademarks registered and used all over the world, including in Asia.” In support thereof, Complainant has provided documentation for a number of trademarks, including Int’l Reg. No. 375807 for SALOMON (registered November 24, 1970) for use in connection with, inter alia, “sportswear, in particular ski clothing, boots, shoes and ski boots” (as translated from French); Int’l Reg. No. 489108 for SALOMON (registered July 19, 1984) for use in connection with, inter alia, “pitons, carabiners, compression pitons, anchors, shackles, ascenders, descenders and brakes” (as translated from French); and Int’l Reg. No. 526127 for SALOMON (registered March 22, 1988) for use in connection with, inter alia, “footwear, especially boots, shoes, slippers, mountain and ski or après-ski shoes, their inner liners, overboots” (as translated from French). These registrations are referred to herein as the “SALOMON Trademark.”<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "salomon-tw.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }