The Respondent has also engaged in a pattern of typo-squatting behaviour vis-à-vis other trade mark owners. See Facebook, Inc. and Instagram, LLC and WhatsApp Inc. v. Jay Neeme, Domain Administrator, PrivacyGuardian.org, Jurgen Neeme, hello@thedomain.io,
WIPO Case No. D2020-0403, and Facebook, Inc., Instagram, LLC, WhatsApp Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC v. Jurgen Neeme, hello@thedomain.io and Jay Neeme,
WIPO Case No. ...
2020-10-06 - Case Details
Complainant
The Complainant (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.) is a company founded in the United States in 2004,
and one of the world’s leading providers of online social networking services, under the trade mark
FACEBOOK (the “Trade Mark”).
The Complainant’s “www.facebook.com” website is currently ranked 7th in the world, and the Complainant’s
Facebook app is the third most downloaded app in the world. The Trade Mark is ranked 15th in Interbrand’s
current Best Global Brands report.
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2022-04-19 - Case Details
Neeme was the Respondent in previous UDRP proceedings such as,
Facebook, Inc., Instagram, LLC, WhatsApp Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC v. Jurgen Neeme,
hello@thedomain.io and Jay Neeme, WIPO Case No. D2019-1582; Facebook, Inc. and Instagram, LLC and
WhatsApp Inc. v. Jay Neeme, Domain Administrator, PrivacyGuardian.org, Jurgen Neeme,
hello@thedomain.io, WIPO Case No. ...
2023-06-07 - Case Details
As at the date of this decision, each of these four disputed domain names resolves to a parking page advertising website-building services offered by the Registrar.
The Respondent left “likes” on the Facebook page of the Porsche Centre Teesside, which linked to the Respondent’s own Facebook page at which he described himself as “Teesside Window Cleaning”. ...The Complainant contends that each of the disputed domain names was registered and is being used in bad faith because: (i) the Respondent knew about the Complainant’s PORSCHE trademark, which is world famous; (ii) the Respondent demonstrated a special interest in cars and motorsports by following the Facebook page of the Porsche Centre Teesside, and by registering at least five domain name combinations all consisting of the PORSCHE trademark and the name of a city; (iii) this is a case of the Respondent having an intention to sell the disputed domain names and of engaging in a pattern of conduct of preventing the Complainant from reflecting its trademark in the disputed domain names; and (iv) the Respondent intentionally uses the disputed domain names to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to the websites in order to earn pay-per-click fees.
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2017-11-02 - Case Details
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Que el Titular y/o el grupo detrás del sitio web al que resuelve el nombre de dominio en disputa, han
replicado los elementos distintivos de la Promovente en una página de Facebook, misma que utiliza para
reforzar la creencia de una asociación entre ambas. En el perf il de Facebook se observa el uso
indiscriminado de la marca de la Promovente, así como fotografías tomadas de su sitio web y el sitio web de
su socio comercial, Karisma Hotels & Resorts. La página de Facebook apócrifa incluye en el apartado de
Detalles, el mismo número telefónico que el proporcionado en el sitio web del Titular, y dirige a los usuarios
de Internet al nombre de dominio en disputa.
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2025-08-18 - Case Details
King released Candy Crush Saga in March 2012 on the Facebook platform and in November 2012 on Apple’s iOS platform for iPhone and iPad and on Google Play for Android phones. Before the disputed domain was registered, in January 2013, Candy Crush Saga was the No. 1 game on Facebook and had 9 million daily active users. The game now has an estimated 45 million monthly active users.
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2013-10-18 - Case Details
Finally, the Complainant states, the Respondent has engaged in a pattern of registering domain names that bear a resemblance to famous and/or well-known marks, such as “facebook”, and has been involved in UDPR cases where the Panel has ordered the transfer or cancellation of the disputed domain names. ...The Panel also accepts that the Respondent has engaged in a pattern of registering domain names that bear a resemblance to famous and/or well-known marks as listed by the Complainant including “facebook”, and has been involved in UDPR cases where the panel has ordered the transfer or cancellation of the disputed domain names (see Facebook Inc. v. ...
2014-01-17 - Case Details
The Complainant has a strong presence online and is very active online via its official website as well as on social media (Facebook and Twitter) to promote the Trademark, and its products and services. The Complainant is followed by 162,778 people on Facebook, 152,900 people on Twitter and 10,900 people on Instagram.
...The Panel will rely on relevant UDRP jurisprudence for appropriate guidance, though cognizant of and taking this difference into account. See Facebook, Inc. v. Ronal Yau,
WIPO Case No. DIO2020-0001.
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Panel is satisfied that the Complainant has rights to a trademark or service mark as reflected in the Trademark.
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2020-10-19 - Case Details
Rather, the Respondent has taken steps to set up a website that purports to provide an Instagram viewing tool, which if functional would violate the Instagram Terms of Use and the Facebook Developer Policies. According to the Complainant, this shows that the Respondent, having no relationship with the Complainant or authorization to use its trademarks, registered the disputed domain name with a view to attracting Internet users to its website resulting from a perceived association between the disputed domain name, the Respondent’s website, and the Complainant’s name and trademarks.
...According to the Complainant, the Respondent has used the disputed domain name for a website offering Internet users a tool for viewing and exploring Instagram without the need for an Instagram account, the operation of which would be in breach of the Complainant’s Terms of Use and of the Facebook Developer Policies, and may put the privacy and security of Instagram users at risk, in that content scraped from the Instagram platform may be stored and later used for unauthorized purposes by third parties. ...
2021-06-02 - Case Details
Factual Background
The Complainant, Meta Platforms, Inc. (formally known as “Facebook, Inc.”) is a social technology company
which operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta Quest (formerly known as “Oculus”). The
Complainant, Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC (formerly known as “Facebook Technologies, LLC”), was
acquired by the Complainant, Meta Platforms, Inc. in 2014, and is a distributor of virtual reality (“VR”)
headsets, including the “Meta Quest” VR headsets.
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2023-02-02 - Case Details
Said “Facebook” page itself shows a date of creation of February 4, 2020. Although the Respondent denies any connection to the “Facebook” page, and accuses the Complainant of falsifying this, the Panel notes that the telephone number and website address displayed there correspond to the details on the website associated with the disputed domain name. ...The Instagram page as produced by the Complainant appears to have been tampered with and manipulated by the Complainant. It is denied that the Respondent stated on a Facebook page that it had started its business in 2017. The Respondent has no knowledge of or information about the existence of the Facebook page, which appears to have been tampered with and manipulated by the Complainant.
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2021-11-15 - Case Details
One of its principal means of providing its services is a Facebook page that has on average 730,000 comments posted to it every day. Facebook analytics figures in April 2019 indicated that it is able to reach over 100 million people in the United States of America alone, and many more tens of millions of people worldwide.
...The Complainant’s GAMINGbible service has a regular audience of over 9 million people, with 6.5 million following on Facebook. Facebook statistics show that the Complainant’s GAMINGbible service has had 4.4 billion engagements. ...
2020-11-20 - Case Details
The Complainant alleges that it is a well-know trademark and a worldwide leader in retail with over 321’000
employees throughout the world and a pioneer of the concept of hypermarkets back in 1963, that it operates
more than twelve thousand stores in more than 30 countries and attracts 1.3 million daily unique visitors to
its webstores, owns numerous social media pages, such as Facebook France, Facebook Brazil and
Facebook Spain, which are each “followed” by at least eleven million users.
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2024-07-01 - Case Details
Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has rapidly acquired and developed considerable goodwill
worldwide. Acquired by Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) in 2012, today Instagram has more than
two billion monthly active accounts worldwide. ...It has been the recipient of numerous
awards, including “App of the Year” in 2011 from Apple Inc. and is currently the second most downloaded
app worldwide, according to Forbes. Instagram's official Facebook page has over 60 million Facebook
“likes” and its official X account has over 33 million followers. ...
2025-06-12 - Case Details
Also, the disputed domain name was promoted on Facebook as part of an “adm investment” scheme to get
“quick cash”, prominently displaying the Complainant’s marks.
5. ...The disputed domain
name was also promoted on Facebook as part of an investment scheme prominently displaying the
Complainant’s marks.
Given the confusing similarity between the disputed domain name and the Complainant’s mark, the absence
of any relationship between the Respondent and the Complainant and the risk of implied affiliation with the
Complainant the Respondent’s use of the disputed domain name as mentioned above is neither a bona fide
use or a legitimate noncommercial or fair use.
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2025-05-01 - Case Details
Factual Background
According to Complainant:
“The Complainant, Meta Platforms, Inc., (Meta) is a United States social technology company, and operates,
inter alia, Facebook, Instagram, Meta Quest (formerly Oculus), Novi, Portal, and WhatsApp. Meta’s focus is
to bring the metaverse to life and to help people connect, find communities and grow businesses. ...It will let users share immersive experiences with other
people even when they cannot be together — and do things together they could not do in the physical world.”
Facebook and Instagram are two world-famous social media services. Since 2018, Complainant has been
developing a cryptocurrency and digital wallet services. ...
2022-04-07 - Case Details
Complainant has a significant presence on various social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Also, Complainant uses the domain name , which hosts a website that displays information about the company and its services.
...Respondent’s bad faith use of the Mark is evidenced by the fact that Respondent registered a domain name using a mark that is identical to Complainant’s well-established trademark in conjunction with a site that offers banking services which are competitive to Complainant’s while obtaining click-through-revenue.
See, e.g., Facebook, Inc., Instagram, LLC, WhatsApp Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC v. Jurgen Neeme, hello@thedomain.io and Jay Neeme,
WIPO Case No. ...
2021-05-31 - Case Details
The Complainant points out that the Respondent also prominently and repeatedly uses the WHATSAPP
trademark throughout its website. The Respondent also uses the FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM trademarks
on the website and claims that its status suggestions can be used with Facebook and Instagram
applications. Both the Complainant and Instagram, LLC are owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., and so the
Complainant says that consumers may associate the Respondent’s use of the FACEBOOK and
INSTAGRAM marks with the Complainant and its WHATSAPP trademark.
The Complainant maintains that the Respondent’s use of the disputed domain name tricks prospective
consumers into believing that they are accessing a website affiliated or associated with the Complainant, and
then navigating its website (likely generating click-through revenue for the Respondent) and downloading
files directly to their computers.
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2022-11-28 - Case Details
Factual Background
The Complainant is a United States company founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook, Inc. in 2014
previously known as WhatsApp, Inc. It changed its corporate structure from a corporation to a limited liability
company with effect since January 1, 2021.
...The Respondent is not making a bona fide offering of goods or services at the disputed domain name.
The Respondent also uses the FACEBOOK mark, including a stylized depiction of the mark, and claims to
also provide status suggestions for use with the Facebook application.
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2022-09-09 - Case Details
The Complainant operates around the world through a number of web-known platforms
including Facebook, Instagram, Meta Quest, and WhatsApp and it has developed a strong online presence
as a result.
The Complainant formerly used Facebook, Inc. as its principal corporate name. On October 28, 2021 the
Complainant changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc., publicizing the adoption of this new identity widely
through various media. ...
2023-02-08 - Case Details