{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108375", "time_of_filling": "2026-02-03 10:17:37", "domain_names": [ "florafoodgroups.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Flora Food Group B.V." ], "complainant_representative": "Stobbs IP Limited", "respondent": [ "Angeles Rodriguez" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

As the Respondent did not file any response to the complaint, the Panel took into account the following facts asserted by the Complainant (and supported by the documentary evidence submitted by the Complainant) and unchallenged by the Respondent:<\/span><\/p>\n

(a) The Complainant is a global leader in the sourcing, production, and sale of plant-based consumer products, with a heritage stretching back to 1871 as the original dairy alternative company. The Complainant’s business can be traced back to 2018, when it spun off from British multinational consumer goods company Unilever. The business continued to grow significantly through the years, when in December 2017, the business was sold and relaunched as Upfield, and was then further rebranded as Flora under Flora Food Group B.V. The Complainant currently employs more than 4,200 employees globally and has sold more than $1 billion worth of products promoting health benefits, through seven far-reaching brands, such as Flora, Violife, Becel, and Rama. The Complainant continues to hold a leading position in the global margarine market, with more than 50% share of the margarine markets in Germany, the Netherlands, the U.K., the U.S, and 40 other markets.<\/p>\n

(b) The Complainant is authorized to enforce the rights in the Trademarks;<\/span><\/p>\n

(c) The Complainant’s official website can be found at florafoodgroup.com<\/a>; and<\/span><\/p>\n

(d) The disputed domain name previously resolved to a live website which featured the Complainant’s FLORA branding, while copying most of the Complainant’s official website. This is indicative of a website set up with the purpose of impersonating the Complainant. The website is currently inactive after the Complainant submitted a complaint to the registrar and email services provider Namecheap.<\/span><\/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:<\/p>\n

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In addition to the above factual assertions, the Complainant also contends the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

(i) <\/span><\/b>the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Trademarks because it incorporates (a) the distinctive element of Flora Trademarks and (b) the Flora Food Group Trademarks almost entirely with just a slight spelling variation by the addition of the letter \"s\" at the end. Such slight spelling variation and\/or inclusion of descriptive terms such as \"Food\" and \"Group\" does not diminish the likelihood of confusion;<\/p>\n

(ii) the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. There is no affiliation, license, or authorization between the parties, and the Respondent has never been authorized to use the Trademarks. Additionally, there is no evidence of a bona fide offering of goods or services or any legitimate non-commercial use of the disputed domain name; and<\/p>\n

(iii) the disputed domain name was registered and used in bad faith. The Respondent has clearly been using the disputed domain name, which is confusingly similar to the Trademarks, for the operation of a website similar to an official website of the Complainant in order to attract the Complainant’s customers to the Respondent's website. When such a website was active, the Respondent was clearly impersonating the Complainant, and not offering any legitimate goods and\/or services. Therefore, i<\/span>t is inferred that the Respondent had full knowledge of the Complainant’s rights at the time of registration. <\/p>\n

For these reasons, the Complainant seeks transfer of the disputed domain name to the Complainant.<\/p>\n

THE RESPONDENT:

The Respondent did not provide any response to the complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>", "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 <\/span>within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (\"UDRP<\/strong>\" or \"Policy<\/strong>\").<\/span>

For details, please see \"Principal Reasons for the Decision\".<\/span><\/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>\n

For details, please see \"Principal Reasons for the Decision\".<\/span><\/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>\n

For details, please see \"Principal Reasons for the Decision\".<\/span><\/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": [ "Michal Matějka" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-03-12 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The company Flora Food Global Principal B.V. owns the following trademarks:<\/span><\/p>\n

(a) EU trademark FLORA, reg. no. 018200053, registered on 26 March 2021 in class 29; <\/span><\/p>\n

(b) US trademark FLORA, reg. no. 88230796, registered on 28 June 2022 in class 29; <\/span><\/p>\n

(c) International trademark FLORA, reg. no. 1449945, registered on 15 November 2018 in classes 5, 29, 30, 35 and 43;<\/span><\/p>\n

(d) EU trademark FLORA Food Group, reg. no. 019082702, registered on 29 June 2025 in classes 5, 29, 30, 35 and 43; and<\/span><\/p>\n

(e) International trademark FLORA Food Group, reg. no. 1834306, registered on 23 September 2024 in classes 5, 29, 30, 35 and 43.<\/span><\/p>\n

(\"Trademarks<\/strong>\")<\/span><\/p>\n

The company Flora Food Global Principal B.V. (through its attorneys Stobbs (IP) Limited)<\/span> authorized the Complainant to enforce its rights to the Trademarks and therefore the Complainant established its standing in these proceedings. <\/span><\/p>\n

The disputed domain name was registered on 24 July 2025.<\/span><\/p>", "decision_domains": { "florafoodgroups.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }