{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108410",
    "time_of_filling": "2026-02-18 09:29:50",
    "domain_names": [
        "babbel-eng.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Babbel GmbH"
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "Dr. Julian Erfurth (Lubberger Lehment Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB)",
    "respondent": [
        "Adi Wils"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p>The Complainant is a German company set up in 2007, providing language-learning services via its platform and app. In 2025 the Complainant has already sold over 25 million paying subscriptions for its app worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The Complainant&acute;s main site is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babbel.com\">www.babbel.com<\/a> where it advertises and offers its services.<\/p>\n<p>The disputed domain name&nbsp;<em>&lt;<\/em> babbel-eng.com &gt; was registered on 29 October 2025 and redirected to a website offering learning services under the brand name &ldquo;Babbel&rdquo;. Currently the disputed domain name diverts to an online casino in Egypt.<\/p>",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "<p>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": "<p>THE COMPLAINANT&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Complainant alleges that BABBEL&acute;s registered mark forms the distinctive part of the disputed domain name, and it is only added by a descriptive element &ldquo;-eng&rdquo;. Accordingly, the disputed domain name is to be considered confusingly similar to the registered mark<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Complainant also asserts that the Respondent has not been commonly known by the domain name, is not the owner of a trademark for the term &ldquo;Babbel&rdquo; and the Complainant has no relationship with the Respondent. Neither the Complainant has authorized the Respondent to use the mark BABBEL on a website or, as a domain name. Besides, the disputed domain name redirects to a site offering services in competition with those of the Complainant and under the BABBEL trademark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the third requirement, the Complainant contends that the Respondent is trying to disrupt a competitor as well as to attract, for commercial gain, internet users to a website by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant&rsquo;s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of a website or of a product or service on a website or location.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Complainant also notes that the Respondent is giving the false impression that it is an official platform of the Complainant when offering its services on the corresponding site or, by reproducing BABBEL in the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;THE RESPONDENT<\/p>\n<p>No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>",
    "rights": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": [
        "Manuel Moreno-Torres"
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-03-13 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p>The Complainant is the owner of the BABBEL trademark in different jurisdictions around the world. By way of example, the German Trademark (DPMA) registration No. 30770566, registered on March 13, 2008, or the International trademark (WIPO) registration No. 1248282, registered on March 12, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Panel recognizes the distinctive and well-known character of Complainant&acute;s BABBEL trademark.<\/p>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "babbel-eng.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}