{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108794", "time_of_filling": "2026-07-03 13:44:44", "domain_names": [ "geekbarofficialsite.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Guangdong Qisitech CO., LTD. " ], "complainant_representative": "Lei Zhang (Chofn Intellectual Property)", "respondent": [ "Dhruv Goel" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant, Guangdong Qisitech CO., LTD., was founded in China in 2016. The Complainant has long been engaged in the research and development, manufacture, and global distribution of GEEK BAR disposable e-cigarette products, and has achieved substantial market penetration in Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Complainant holds many registrations for the trademark GEEK BAR in multiple jurisdictions around the world since 2020, including in the United States of America, European Union, China, Peru. <\/span><\/p>\n

The disputed domain name <geekbarofficialsite.com> <\/span>was registered on November 15, 2023, and it is currently inactive.<\/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 DISPUTED DOMAIN NAME IS CONFUSINGLY SIMILAR<\/p>\n

The Complainant states that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark “GEEK BAR”, as it is included entirely in the disputed domain name and the addition of other terms does not prevent a finding of confusing similarity.<\/p>\n

The Complainant also states that the top level “.com” does not differentiate the disputed domain name from the Complainant’s trademark.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the Complainant asserts that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark.<\/p>\n

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NO RIGHTS OR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN RESPECT OF THE DISPUTED DOMAIN NAME<\/p>\n

The Complainant asserts that the Respondent lacks any rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Respondent is not affiliated with or authorized by the Complainant to use its GEEK BAR trademarks. The Respondent is also not commonly known by the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n

The Complainant states that the disputed domain name does not merely reference the Complainant's trademark, but it constitutes an act of impersonation, as the term \"officialsite\" conveys a single, unambiguous message that the website is the Complainant's official online presence. It is claimed that it is a factual representation as to the source and authority of the website, and that representation is false.<\/p>\n

The Complainant further attends that the website resolving at the disputed domain name extends and confirms this false representation in comprehensive detail and provided the screenshot of the website shown at the date of preparing the Complaint in the annex. In accordance, the Complainant alleges that the site displays the Complainant's GEEK BAR logo prominently in its navigation bar (as the \"GS GEEK BAR\" mark), together with a full site architecture mirroring that of a legitimate brand website, including \"Home,\" \"About Us,\" \"Shop,\" \"Blog,\" and \"Contact Us\" navigation, and the site catalogues substantially the Complainant's entire product range—including the Geek Bar Pulse 15000, Pulse X 25K, Meloso Bar 30K, Digi Lush Box 20000, and Sky View 25000, together with numerous flavor variants—each listed with official-style product packaging imagery, retail pricing, and fully functional \"Add to cart\" buttons. It is also stated that on the website there is no disclaimer that it has no relationship with the Complainant.<\/p>\n

The Complainant has made a prima facie case that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the domain name. The evidence presented suggests that the burden of proof now shifts to the Respondent to demonstrate their legitimate interest, which they have failed to do. Consequently, the Complainant claims that due to the Respondent's lack of legitimate rights and interests, the conditions set out in paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy have been met.<\/p>\n

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THE DISPUTED DOMAIN NAME WAS REGISTERED AND IS USED IN BAD FAITH<\/p>\n

The Complainant argues that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith because the Complainant’s trademarks are well-known across the globe, and their reputation is well-documented. It was claimed that the very selection of \"official\" demonstrates a deliberate intent to position the domain name, from the moment of registration, as the Complainant's authoritative online destination.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Complainant states that the website at the disputed domain name is not an incidental or peripheral use of the Complainant's mark but it is a comprehensively constructed retail environment built around the Complainant's brand identity, as the Complainant's GEEK BAR logo anchors the site's navigation bar and the homepage carousel displays official-style product artwork bearing the disputed domain name superimposed directly onto it, reinforcing the false impression that the domain is an authorized promotional channel of the Complainant. It is also claimed that the website reproduces substantially the entirety of the Complainant's product range with official-style packaging imagery, retail-level pricing, and add-to-cart functionality.<\/p>\n

The Complainant further contends that a consumer who arrives at this website via the disputed domain name has already been told, by the domain name itself, that they are accessing the Complainant's official website. Every element of the website they then encounter—from the replicated logo to the full product catalogue, pricing, promotions, and customer testimonials— is claimed to confirm and sustains that false expectation without interruption, disclaimer, or qualification. It is stated that the Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the website and the products offered through it in accordance with the Policy.<\/p>\n

The Complainant submits that taken together, the incorporation of the word \"official\" alongside the Complainant's trademark in the disputed domain name itself; the construction of a website replicating the Complainant's visual identity, product portfolio, pricing structure, and retail functionality in comprehensive detail; and the deployment of an extensive array of consumer trust signals—discount promotions, FAQs, customer testimonials, and blog content—designed to simulate a genuine, established official retail operation, all without a single disclaimer, qualification, or disclosure of the Respondent's true relationship with the Complainant, constitute bad faith registration and use in the fullest and most unambiguous sense of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy.<\/p>\n

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RESPONDENT:<\/p>\n

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": [ "Mrs Selma Ünlü" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-08-12 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainant has submitted evidence, which the Panel accepts, showing that it is the registered owner of the trademarks bearing “GEEK BAR”, inter alia<\/em>, the following:<\/p>\n

International trademark “GEEK BAR” n°1676896, registered on June 8, 2022;<\/p>\n

United States trademark “GEEK BAR” n°6275589, registered on February 23, 2021;<\/p>\n

European Union trademark “GEEK BAR” n°018225081, registered on August 26, 2020;<\/p>\n

United Kingdom trademark “GEEK BAR” n°UK00003480964, registered on April 13, 2020.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "geekbarofficialsite.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }