The Complainant is a company incorporated in Shenzhen, China in 2015, engaged in the design, manufacture, and global distribution of electronic atomization devices and related accessories under the GEEKVAPE trademark.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name was registered on March 26, 2025 and resolved to a website showing GEEKVAPE products and information.<\/p>\n
The website is headed \"GeekVape™\" and expressly describes itself as the \"GeekVape – Official Website“.<\/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 it has satisfied each of the elements required under the Policy for a transfer of the disputed domain name. <\/span><\/p>\n The Complainant contends that since its establishment, the Complainant has developed and marketed a broad portfolio of vaping devices and accessories under the GEEKVAPE mark, sold through its official website and authorized retail channels worldwide.<\/p>\n The Complainant further contends that its global market position, active in over 70 countries, is corroborated by independent market research. According to a report by Dataintelo, a market research firm, GEEKVAPE, together with SMOK and Vaporesso, collectively commanded over 28% of the global competitive landscape in the open-system vaping market in 2025, whereas GEEKVAPE alone capturing approximately 7.2% of the global market share during that period.<\/p>\n The Complainant, inter alia, contends, that the domain name contains in its entirety Complainant´s mark and the further non distinctive terms „us-“ being not sufficient to escape the finding that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar. The Respondent has no legitimate interest in the domain name in question, since he is not known under the name or was ever authorized to use the domain name. The domain name in question has been both acquired and is being used in bad faith as the Complainant was highly active already at the time of the registration of the disputed domain name and Complainant´s trademark is used on the website under the disputed domain name on the website markes as „official“.<\/p>\n The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant’s contentions.<\/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": [
"Dietrich Beier"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2026-08-11 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant owns several trademarks for GEEKVAPE in several countries among them the European Union Trademark registration 017584368 in class 34 <\/b>registered since march 26, 2018 and in effect. <\/span><\/p>",
"decision_domains": {
"us-geekvape.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
"panellists_text": null
}