{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108657", "time_of_filling": "2026-05-15 14:50:28", "domain_names": [ "limdt.com" ], "case_administrator": " Iveta Špiclová (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG" ], "complainant_representative": "SILKA AB", "respondent": [ "Margaret Foulds" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG, is a renowned Swiss company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of chocolate and related goods and services and has been so engaged since 1845.<\/p>\n

The Complainant provides its goods and services under the LINDT trademark.<\/p>\n

As well as the LINDT trademark, the Complainant has registered the domain name <lindt.com> and numerous other domain names incorporating the LINDT trademark with national extensions which it uses in its business to promote its goods and services under its LINDT trademark 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 well after the Complainant had acquired its aforesaid trademark rights, the Respondent registered the domain name <limdt.com> (\"the Disputed Domain Name\") on April 16, 2026 which consists solely of the LINDT trademark and the Top Level Domain “.com.” The Complainant maintains that this is a clear infringement of its LINDT trademark and the Policy.<\/p>\n

The Disputed Domain Name initially resolved to an “under construction” webpage, but since that page was taken down at the instigation of the Complainant, the Disputed Domain Name has remained inactive and passively held by the Respondent.<\/p>\n

The Complainant maintains that the Disputed Domain Name and its aforesaid use pose a very concerning threat to the Complainant’s business and the LINDT trademark and brand. That is because, in registering it, the Respondent misappropriated the LINDT trademark in its entirety, making only a minor change to its spelling, and included the name of an actual person who in fact is employed by the Complainant in its procurement division. The Complainant maintains that this is a clear harbinger of the Respondent’s intention to pretend that the Disputed Domain Name and any website to which it resolves are genuine and its intention to perpetrate a fraud on the Complainant and third parties, particularly in the area of procurement.<\/p>\n

The Complainant therefore seeks to have the Disputed Domain Name transferred to itself on the grounds that it is confusingly similar to the LINDT trademark, that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Name and that the Respondent has registered and used it in bad faith, principally on the ground that the Respondent has engaged in passive holding.<\/p>\n

The Complainant has therefore brought this proceeding under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (\"the Policy\") to obtain the transfer of the Disputed Domain Name and thus achieve the cessation of the improper use to which it has been put.<\/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

The Complainant is a renowned Swiss company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of chocolate and related goods and services and has been so engaged since 1845.<\/p>\n

The Respondent registered the domain name <limdt.com> (\"the Disputed Domain Name\") on April 16, 2026.<\/p>\n

The Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the LINDT trademark because it includes the entirety of the LINDT trademark with a minor spelling alteration by the substitution of the letter “m” for the letter “n”, and the addition of the Top Level Domain “.com.” In particular, the Complainant points out that the letter “m” is adjacent to the letter “n” on a standard keyboard, making it clear that the intention of the Respondent was to engender in the minds of internet users that they had come across an official and correctly spelt domain name of the Complainant and hence that the Disputed Domain Name is valid. Thus, the Respondent has clearly engaged in typosquatting. As a consequence, the Disputed Domain Name would be understood by internet users to be invoking the Complainant its trademark.<\/p>\n

The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Name. That is submitted on the following grounds, namely that:<\/p>\n

(a) the Respondent does not have any trademark rights in \"limdt\" or \"limdt.com\", which terms have no apparent dictionary or other meaning and nor does the Respondent own a trademark for LINDT;<\/p>\n

(b) there is no affiliation, business or other relationship between the Complainant and the Respondent;<\/p>\n

(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;<\/p>\n

(d) the Respondent is not commonly known by the Disputed Domain Name within the meaning of paragraph 4(c)(ii) of the Policy;<\/p>\n

(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;<\/p>\n

(f)  the Respondent has engaged in typosquatting;<\/p>\n

(g) the Respondent has sought to impersonate and pass itself off as the Complainant;<\/p>\n

(h) the Disputed Domain Name was additionally configured with multiple MX records, showing that it was capable of being used for e-mail communications and was probably intended by the Respondent to be used for deceptive e-mail activity impersonating the Complainant; and<\/p>\n

(i) 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

The Respondent has registered and used the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith on the grounds that:<\/p>\n