{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108753", "time_of_filling": "2026-06-23 09:26:50", "domain_names": [ "temuuae.com" ], "case_administrator": " Iveta Špiclová (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Whaleco Inc. ", "Whaleco Technology Limited " ], "complainant_representative": "Xue Li (Thomsen Trampedach GmbH)", "respondent": [ "Waleed Bukhatir (Bukhatir Group)" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainants are Whaleco Inc., headquartered in the United States, and its affiliated company Whaleco Technologies Limited, registered in Ireland. They both belong to the group of companies that is operating the internationally popular TEMU marketplace platform (hereinafter, “the TEMU platform”).<\/p>\n

The TEMU platform is accessible through the website www.temu.com<\/a><\/span> and mobile applications available on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Launched in the United States in September 2022, the TEMU platform quickly became the most downloaded e-commerce app, surpassing 100 million downloads on the Google Play Store alone.<\/p>\n

Since May 31, 2024, the European Commission has designated the TEMU platform as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act, with an average of more than 45 million monthly users in the European Union.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name <temuuae.com> was registered on February 20, 2023, and resolves to a parking page with pay-per-click links.   <\/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": "

COMPLAINANTS<\/p>\n

The Complainants contend that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the trademark TEMU in which they have rights, as they include the trademark in its entirety with the mere addition of the geographical abbreviation “uae”, which stands for United Arab Emirates – a major active market for the Complainants’ business -, and the generic Top Level Domain (“gTLD”) “.com”, which is a standard technical requirement and is disregarded when assessing confusing similarity.<\/p>\n

The Complainants assert that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name because the Respondent has never been authorized or licensed to use the TEMU mark or to register the disputed domain name. The Complainants also state that the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name and has no relevant trademark or trade name rights in TEMU or in a name corresponding to the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n

The Complainants further submit that the disputed domain name has not been used for a bona fide<\/em> offering of goods or services or for legitimate non-commercial use since the disputed domain name has been used by the Respondent in connection with a registrar parking page. The Complainants further state that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name to capitalize on the goodwill of the TEMU mark and intentionally confuse consumers, redirecting traffic to an unauthorized website.<\/p>\n

The Complainants submit that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name in bad faith because the Respondent had actual knowledge of the Complainants and the TEMU mark, considering the trademark registrations for TEMU long predate the registration of the disputed domain name and in view of the Complainants’ extensive use of the trademark TEMU since 2022 in connection with the TEMU platform, which had already acquired millions of users when the disputed domain name was registered.<\/p>\n

The Complainants further state that, since the disputed domain name resolves to a landing page, it is passively held. The Complainants also submit that there is no plausible, legitimate justification for the Respondent to register a domain name confusingly similar to the TEMU mark and it is evident that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name in bad faith to divert internet traffic and disrupt the Complainants’ legitimate business operations.<\/p>\n

RESPONDENT<\/p>\n

No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>", "rights": "

The Complainants have, 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 Complainants have rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy).<\/p>", "no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": "

The Complainants have, 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 Complainants have, 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": [ "Luca Barbero" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-07-28 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainants have demonstrated ownership of rights in the trademark TEMU for the purposes of standing to file a UDRP complaint.<\/p>\n

The Complainants are exclusive licensees of the TEMU trademark, which is owned by their affiliated company Five Bells Limited, registered in the British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom. Among others, the Complainants are the exclusive licensees of the United States trademark registration No. 7164306, filed on August 10, 2022 and registered on September 12, 2023 for TEMU (word mark), claiming first use in commerce on September 1, 2022, and covering various services in international class 35; and the European Union trademark registration No. 018742564 for TEMU (word mark), filed on August 5, 2022, and registered on November 18, 2022, for goods and services in international classes 9, 35, 38 and 42.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "temuuae.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }