The Complainant, PayPal, Inc., is a renowned United States company engaged in the provision of online payment facilities for goods and services and has been so engaged since 1998.<\/p>\n
The Complainant provides its goods and services under the PAYPAL trademark.<\/p>\n
As well as the PAYPAL trademark, the Complainant owns the domain name <paypal.com> which it registered in 1999 and which it uses in its business to promote its goods and services under its PAYPAL trademark and brand on the internet and to enable consumers to avail themselves of the Complainant's goods and services.<\/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 <communications-paypal.com> (\"the Disputed Domain Name\") on January 10, 2026 with the addition by way of a prefix the non-distinctive word \"communications\" which signifies communications to and from the Complainant, an integral part of the Complainant's services, a hyphen, and also the Top Level Domain “.com.” The Complainant maintains that this is a clear infringement of its PAYPAL trademark and the Policy.<\/p>\n
The Disputed Domain Name has remained inactive and has been passively held, but resolves to a blank template landing page with the message \"Lancement imminent\" in French, which translates into English as \"Launch imminent\" indicating that a website was about to be launched. Thus, the Complainant maintains that this use of the Disputed Domain Name generates confusion between it and the Complainant's PAYPAL trademark. <\/p>\n
The Disputed Domain Name and its aforesaid use pose a very concerning threat to the Complainant’s business and the PAYPAL trademark and brand. That is because of the potential for the Disputed Domain Name and any website to which it may resolve in the future to transgress on the Complainant's trademark rights and, on its business, conducted under the trademark if the Respondent continues to own it, as well as the potential for phishing for information.<\/p>\n
The Complainant maintains that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to its trademark, that registering the Disputed Domain Name, passively holding it 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 achieve the cessation of the improper use to which the Respondent has put it.<\/p>\n<\/div>", "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<\/strong><\/p>\n The Complainant is an internationally renowned United States company engaged in the provision of online payment services for goods and services and has been so engaged since 1998.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The Respondent registered the domain name <communications-paypal.com> (\"the Disputed Domain Name\") on January 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the PAYPAL trademark because it includes the PAYPAL trademark, the word \"communications\", a hyphen and the Top Level Domain “.com.” As a consequence, the Disputed Domain Name would be understood by internet users to be invoking the Complainant's trademark and communications to and from the Complainant, an integral part of the Complainant's services.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The Respondent has no right or legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name. That is submitted on the following grounds, namely that: (a) the Complainant has not given any permission or authority to the Respondent to register or use the Disputed Domain Name; (b) there is no affiliation, business or other relationship between the Complainant and the Respondent; (c) the Disputed Domain Name has not been used for a bona fide offering of goods or services within the meaning of paragraph 4(c)(i) of the Policy; (d) the Respondent is not commonly known by the Disputed Domain Name within the meaning of paragraph 4(c)(ii) of the Policy; (e) the Respondent is not making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the Disputed Domain Name within the meaning of paragraph 4(c)(iii) of the Policy; and (f) there is no other ground on which it could conceivably be argued that the Respondent has a right or legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n By reason of the same factors, the Respondent has registered and used the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith on the grounds that: (a) the Complainant's trademark is so well-known that any unauthorized use of it by using it in a domain name will almost certainly constitute registration and use in bad faith; (b) the Respondent had actual notice of the trademark and the Complainant's rights in it when he, the Respondent, registered the Disputed Domain Name; (c) the Respondent has engaded in passive holding of the Disputed Domain Name; and (d) there is no plausible ground on which it could be argued that the Disputed Domain Name was registered and used other than in bad faith.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Accordingly, it is submitted that the Complainant will be able to establish all of the elements it is required to prove and that it is entitled to the relief that is seeks, namely transfer of the Disputed Domain Name to itself.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 (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": [
"Neil Brown"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2026-04-01 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 States trademark for PAYPAL, registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (\"USPTO\"), registered number 3,069,209, registered on March 14, 2006; and<\/p>\n (b) numerous other registered trademarks for PAYPAL, registered domestically and internationally<\/p>\n (collectively \"the PAYPAL trademark\").<\/p>\n<\/div>",
"decision_domains": {
"communications-paypal.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}\n