The Complainant is a multinational company that specializes in e-commerce, retail, the internet, and technology. Founded in China on June 28, 1999, it provides C2C, B2C, and B2B sales services via Chinese and global marketplaces. It also provides local consumer, digital media and entertainment, logistics, and cloud computing services. It hosts the world's largest B2B (Alibaba.com), C2C (Taobao), and B2C (Tmall) marketplaces.<\/p>\n
In April 2026, the Complainant launched “HappyHorse-1.0”, an innovative artificial intelligence model designed to transform textual and visual content into video formats. On April 7, 2026, HappyHorse-1.0 appeared on the benchmarking platform Artificial Analysis without identifying its affiliation with the Complainant. The Artificial Analysis platform is a “video arena” where users submit a text prompt or reference image, and the system generates outputs from two different AI models. Users see both results without knowing which AI model produced which and then select their preferred result. As soon as HappyHorse-1.0 was launched on April 7, 2026, it placed at the top of both the text-to-video and image-to-video rankings on Artificial Analysis. On April 10, 2026, the Complainant publicly revealed that it was the publisher of the HappyHorse-1.0 AI model.<\/p>\n
The Respondent originally used the disputed domain name <happyhorse-ai.com> for a website that promoted “HappyHorse AI” <\/em>as the “new state-of-the-art AI video & audio model”<\/em>. This website was not in any way connected to, affiliated with, or authorized by the Complainant or its group of companies. The website did not inform its users about this lack of connection, affiliation, or authorization.<\/p>\n On April 14, 2026, the Complainant’s representatives sent a cease-and-desist email to the Respondent, requesting that the Respondent stops using the disputed domain name for its website and transfers the domain name to the Complainant. The Respondent did not reply to this email, but deactivated the website described above, resulting in the disputed domain name now showing an empty web page.<\/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 contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it. 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>\n On June 3, 2026, the Panel issued a procedural order:<\/p>\n (i) inviting the Complainant to clarify the specific rights on which the Complaint is based by June 10, 2026; The Complainant filed a supplemental submission on June 10, 2026. The Respondent did not respond to the original Complaint or to this supplemental submission.<\/p>",
"decision": "Accepted",
"panelists": [
"Dr. Thomas Schafft"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2026-06-19 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant relies on unregistered (common law) trademark rights in the designation “HappyHorse”. On April 7, 2026, a new AI video generation software was published anonymously under the name “HappyHorse” on the AI benchmarking platform Artificial Analysis. It received positive reviews and widespread attention immediately. On April 10, 2026, the Complainant revealed that it was the publisher of “HappyHorse”. The Complainant owns the corresponding domain names <happyhorse.com> (created September 23, 1997), <happyhorse.cn> (created on May 5, 2016), and <happyhorse.ai> (created April 13, 2023). Alibaba Innovation Private Limited, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Complainant, has filed various pending trademark applications for „HAPPYHORSE“ in Singapore, Canada and Mexico (all filed in April 9, 2026) and in the US (filed on April 10, 2026).<\/p>\n The disputed domain name <happyhorse-ai.com> was registered on April 7, 2026, i.e., on the same day that the „Happy Horse“ AI model was first published.<\/p>",
"decision_domains": {
"happyhorse-ai.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
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}
No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>",
"rights": "
(ii) inviting the Respondent to respond to the Complainant’s supplemental submission, if any, by June 17, 2026; and
(iii) postponing the projected decision date to June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n