{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-109062", "time_of_filling": "2026-10-09 09:40:04", "domain_names": [ "boehringer-inngelheim.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Slanařová (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.KG" ], "complainant_representative": "NAMESHIELD S.A.S.", "respondent": [ "Katherine Morrell" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant is a German family-owned pharmaceutical group of companies, founded in 1885. Over the years the Complainant has become a global research-driven pharmaceutical enterprise with about 54,500 employees and net sales of EUR 26,796 million in 2024. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Complainant is the owner of the domain name <boehringer-ingelheim.com>, registered since 9 January 1995, which it uses for its official website.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no information about the Respondent in the case file.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The disputed domain name was registered on October 6, 2026 and redirects to the Complainant’s official website at the domain name <boehringer-ingelheim.com>.<\/span><\/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 Complainant states that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM trademark and to its domain name <boehringer-ingelheim.com>, because it reproduces them only by adding the additional letter “n”, which creates a misspelling of the BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM trademark. According to the Complainant, this misspelling is characteristic of a typosquatting practice intended to create confusing similarity between the Complainant’s trademark and the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n

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The Complainant asserts that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name, because the Respondent is not related to the Complainant and does not carry out any joint activities with the Complainant, who is not authorised to use the BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM trademark or apply for registration of the disputed domain name. According to the Complainant, by registering the disputed domain name, the Respondent attempts to take advantage of Internet users’ typographical errors. The Complainant points out that the disputed domain name redirects to the Complainant’s official website at the domain <boehringer-ingelheim.com>, and claims that this does not represent a bona fide offering of goods or services or a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the disputed domain name.<\/p>\n

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The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. According to the Complainant, the Respondent has registered and used the disputed domain name with knowledge of the Complainant’s trademark, and the disputed domain name was intentionally designed to be a confusingly similar misspelling of the BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM trademark. The Complainant maintains that the fact that the disputed domain name redirects to the Complainant’s official website shows that the Respondent had knowledge of the Complainant and its trademark prior to the registration of the disputed domain name, and that it was registered by the Respondent in an effort to take advantage of the good reputation of the Complainant’s trademark.<\/p>\n

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RESPONDENT:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Respondent did not submit a Response in this proceeding.<\/span><\/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": [ "Assen Alexiev" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2026-11-09 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainant is the owner of a number of trademark registrations for BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM (the “BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM trademark”), including the following representative registrations:<\/span><\/p>\n

− the United States trademark BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM with registration No. 641166, registered on 5 February 1957 for goods in International Class 5; and<\/span><\/p>\n

− the International trademark BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM. with registration No. <\/span>221544, registered on 2 <\/span>July 1959 for goods in International Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16, 17, 19, 29, 30 and 32.<\/span><\/p>", "decision_domains": { "boehringer-inngelheim.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }