The Complainant is a well-established United States manufacturer of precision optical instruments, including riflescopes, binoculars, rangefinders, and related optical equipment. The company traces its origins to 1907, when it was first founded under the name Leupold & Voelpel. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Complainant has operated continuously for more than a century. Over the decades, Complainant has developed numerous innovations in the optics industry and has built a strong reputation for the quality, durability, and technical performance of its products. Today, Complainant manufactures and sells products in the fields of hunting, sporting optics, and tactical applications, including riflescopes, red dot sights, binoculars, rangefinders, spotting scopes, and related optical equipment, as well as accessories and apparel. The Complainant owns a number of registrations for the LEUPOLD trademark in various countries and its official website is located at the domain name <leupold.com>.<\/p>\n
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The <leupoldriflescopes.com> domain name was registered on July 28, 2025 and resolves to a website that displays the LEUPOLD graphic logo and images of the Complainant’s products as well as numerous links titled “Check Price On Amazon”. The page also contains a number of “Subcribe” and “Comment” fields that request users’ e-mail addresses.<\/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
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The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark as it includes the trademark in its entirety and adds only the generic terms “rifle” and “scopes” (which are the Complainant’s most prominent products) as well as the “.com” TLD.<\/p>\n
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The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name as it is not commonly known by the domain name and the disputed domain name has resolved to a website that impersonates the Complainant and contains links to Amazon pages that offer LEUPOLD products, but also similar products from other brands that compete with the Complainant. The “Subscribe” and “Comment” fields seeking users’ e-mail addresses indicate that Respondent is apparently using the disputed domain name to perpetuate a phishing scheme.<\/p>\n
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The disputed domain name was registered and used in bad faith based on the Respondent’s prior knowledge of the Complainant’s trademark and the above-mentioned website activity by the Respondent. It has also provided false Whois information further indicating bad faith.<\/p>\n
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RESPONDENT<\/p>\n
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No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>", "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": [ "Steven Levy" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-06-28 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of the LEUPOLD trademark which is registered and used in a number of countries, such as:<\/p>\n
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United States trademark Reg. No. 905886 registered on January 12, 1971;<\/p>\n
European Union trademark Reg. No. 6895309 registered on November 8, 2022;<\/p>\n
United Kingdom trademark Reg. No. UK00801500052 registered on March 8, 1999;<\/p>\n
Canada trademark Reg. No. TMA696976 registered on September20, 2007; and<\/p>\n
International trademark Reg. No. 1500052 registered on October 8, 2019.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "leupoldriflescopes.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }