The Complainant, Flora Food Group B.B., is a renowned Netherlands company engaged in the provision of a diversified range of plant-based consumer products and has been so engaged since1871 through its predecessors-in-title and associated entities.<\/p>\n
It provides its goods and services under the FLORA trademark.<\/p>\n
As well as the FLORA trademark, the Complainant owns the domain name <florafoodgroup.com> which it uses in its business to promote its goods and services under its FLORA trademark and brand on the internet and to enable consumers to buy them.<\/p>\n
It has come to the notice of the Complainant that, without any permission to do so, and after the Complainant had acquired its aforesaid trademark rights, the Respondent registered the domain name <florafgs.com> (\"the Disputed Domain Name\") on July 28, 2025 which includes the FLORA trademark in its entirety, with the addition of the letters “fgs” which signify “foodgroups” and also the Top Level Domain “.com.”<\/p>\n
The Respondent has then caused the Disputed Domain Name to resolve to a website promoting unrelated goods and services and used to send emails to various recipients, purporting to represent Flora Food Sales UK Limited, referring to a purported invoice for a sum that the sender claims is owed by the recipient and which is a phishing email attempting to impersonate the Complainant to obtain, inter alia, the payment details of the Complainant’s customers.<\/p>\n
The Disputed Domain Name and its aforesaid use pose a very concerning threat to the Complainant’s business and the FLORA trademark and brand. That is because the Complainant submits that the Disputed Domain Name and the use made of it by the Respondent constitute impersonation of the Complainant, deception, fraud and phishing, and an infringement of the FLORA trademark, give rise to a likelihood of confusion in the minds of internet users and particularly the Complainant’s customers, between the trademark and the Disputed Domain Name and pose the threat of potentially improper use that might be made of the Disputed Domain Name in the future if the Respondent retains it. <\/p>\n
The Complainant maintains that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to its trademark, that registering the Disputed Domain Name and using it in the aforesaid manner cannot give rise to a right or legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name and that the Disputed Domain Name has been registered and used in bad faith.<\/p>\n
The Complainant has therefore brought this proceeding under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy to obtain a transfer of the Disputed Domain Name to itself and thus the cessation of the improper use to which the Respondent has put it.<\/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
Respondent<\/p>\n
The Respondent did not file a Response.<\/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 the UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision.<\/p>", "decision": "Accepted", "panelists": [ "Neil Brown" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-03-04 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The evidence has established that the Complainant is the owner of a portfolio of registered trademarks including:<\/p>\n
(a) the United Kingdom trademark registration for FLORA, registered with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, registered number IPO UK00003675549, registered on November 26, 2021;<\/p>\n
(b) the European Union trademark registration for FLORA, registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, registered number EUIPO 018200053, registered on March 26, 2021; and<\/p>\n
(c) numerous other registered trademarks for FLORA and derivatives, registered domestically and internationally<\/p>\n
(collectively \"the FLORA trademark\").<\/p>\n
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<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "florafgs.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }