Saveinstaa.com

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Result of record. The panel's reasoning and decisive facts behind each element are in the Intelligence dossier below.

ARBITRATION AN D MEDIATION CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Instagram, LLC v. Malika BZDRR Case No. D2024-3568 1. The Parties The Complainant is Instagram, LLC, United States of America (“U.S.A.”), represented by Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP, France. The Respondent is Malika BZDRR, Pakistan. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar The disputed domain name <saveinstaa.com> is registered with Dynadot Inc (the “Registrar”). 3. Procedural History The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on September 3, 2024. On September 4, 2024, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request f or registrar verif ication in connection with the disputed domain name. On September 4, 2024, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response disclosing registrant and contact information for the disputed domain name which differed from the named Respondent (Super Privacy Service LTD c/o Dynadot) and contact inf ormation in the Complaint. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on September 6, 2024, providing the registrant and contact information disclosed by the Registrar, and inviting the Complainant to submit an amendment to the Complaint. The Complainant filed an amended Complaint on September 11, 2024. The Center verif ied that the Complaint together with the amended Complaint satisf ied the f ormal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy” o r “UDRP”), the Rules f or Unif orm Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Rules”), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules f or Unif orm Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Supplemental Rules”). In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2 and 4, the Center f ormally notif ied the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on September 11, 2024. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date f or Response was October 1, 2024. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notif ied the Respondent’s def ault on October 4, 2024. page 2 The Center appointed Francine Tan as the sole panelist in this matter on October 8, 2024. The Panel f inds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7. 4. Factual Background The Complainant states that it operates the world-renowned online photo and video sharing social- networking application. Since the launch of the Instagram application in 2010, it has rapidly acquired and developed considerable worldwide goodwill and f ame. In 2012, the Complainant was acquired by Facebook, Inc . (now known as Meta Platforms, Inc.). Today, the Instagram application is one of the world’s fastest growing photo and video sharing and editing software and online social network, with more than 2.4 billion monthly active accounts worldwide. Instagram has consistently ranked amongst the top “apps” for mobile devices and been the recipient of numerous awards. The term “Ins ta” is commonly used to ref er to Instagram. The Complainant has made substantial investments to develop a strong online presence through various social media platforms, including Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), and LinkedIn. The Complainant’s Facebook page has over 61 million “likes”, and it has over 33 million f ollowers on X. The Complainant is the owner of numerous trademark registrations incorporating its INSTAGRAM and INSTA trade marks, including the f ollowing f or the latter: - U.S. trademark registration No. 5061916 for INSTA, registered on October 18, 2016; and - European trademark No. 014810535 f or INSTA, registered on May 23, 2018. The disputed domain name was registered on February 18, 2024, and until or around August 19, 2024, resolved to a website titled “SAVEINSTA/ Instagram Downloader” that purported to offer a tool f o r downloading content from the Complainant’s Instagram platform, including videos, reels, photos and stories. The Respondent’s website f eatured a step-by-step guide to download Instagram content as well as the f ollowing text: “Nowadays there are many tools for downloading from Instagram. But Saveinsta became more popular as compared to others. SaveInsta has more features than other tools. SaveInsta provides the best solution f or downloading images, and reels f rom Instagram”. The Respondent’s website f eatured a pink/purple gradient colour scheme that is very similar to the Complainant’s gradient colour scheme. It f eatured commercial advertising banners and ref erred to a paid “premium” subscription plan that “offers faster downloads, priority support, and additional f eatures f or an enhanced user experience”. Additionally, it purported to offer a tool that enabled Internet users to download content from “FB”, a commonly-abbreviation of Facebook, and a tool that enabled Internet users to download content f rom the third-party social media platform TikTok. On July 23, 2024, the Complainant’s lawyers submitted a notice to the Respondent via the Registrar’s registrant contact f orm. No response was received. As at the date of f iling the Complaint, the disputed domain name resolved to an inactive webpage. page 3 5. Parties’ Contentions A. Complainant The Complainant contends that it has satisfied each of the elements required under the Policy f or a transf er of the disputed domain name. Notably, the Complainant contends that: - The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the INSTA trade mark in which the Complainant has rights. The disputed domain name contains the Complainant’s INSTA trade mark preceded by the term “save”, and followed by the additional letter “a”. The mere addition of this term and letter does not prevent a f inding of confusing similarity between the trade mark and the disputed domain name. The generic To p-l evel Domain “.com” may be disregarded f or the purpose of assessing conf using similarity. - The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Respondent is not a licensee of the Complainant and is not affiliated with the Complainant in any way. The Complainant has not granted any authorization to the Respondent to make use of its INSTA trade mark in any way, in a domain name or otherwise. - The Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name. - The Respondent is not using the disputed domain name in connection with any bona fide offering of goods or services or making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the disputed domain name. While the Policy provides that service providers using a third-party trade mark in their domain name may be making a bona f ide offering of goods or services and thus have a legitimate interest, in this case, the “Oki Data” criteria (per the case of Oki Data Americas, Inc. v. ASD, Inc., WIPO Case No . D2001-0903 ) are not met. The Respondent is not providing sales or repairs in relation to a product provided by the Complainant, but is, instead, making unauthorized use of the Complainant’s INS TA trade mark to market its own ancillary services. The Respondent’s website purported to p rovide an unauthorized Instagram downloader tool, which is against the Meta Developer Policies, and which f acilitated a breach of the Instagram Terms of Use. - By purporting to provide tools for the downloading of Facebook and TikTok content, the Respondent cannot be said to have used the disputed domain name solely in connection with goods or services of f ered under the trade mark contained in the disputed domain name. The Respondent’s website also did not contain any wording that disclosed the Respondent’s lack of relationship with the Complainant. - The Respondent has used the disputed domain name to exploit the goodwill and reputation associated with the Complainant’s trade mark by creating a false impression of association with the Complainant. The colour scheme of the Respondent’s website is very similar to that of the Complainant’s Instagram platf orm and f eatures commercial advertising banners. The Respondent’s use of the disputed domain name was theref ore intended to be commercial in nature and was misleading, to divert Internet users to its own website. The Respondent’s use of the disputed domain name theref ore cannot be said to be a legitimate noncommercial f air use. - The disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad f aith. The Complainant and its inherently distinctive INSTAGRAM and INSTA trade marks are well known around the world. The Respondent cannot credibly argue that it did not have knowledge of the Complainant’s trade marks when registering the disputed domain name. The Respondent’s intent to target the Complainant may be inf erred f rom the content of the Respondent’s website. The Respondent was also named as the respondent in another case in which the panel ordered the transf er of 16 WHATSAPP-f ormative domain names to the Complainant. This shows a pattern of trademark-abusive registration targeting the Complainant and its related company, WhatsApp LLC. page 4 - The Respondent’s use of a proxy service to mask its identity and what appears to be f alse or incomplete registrant inf ormation are also f urther evidence of bad f aith. - The purported provision of a tool to download content from the Instagram platf orm goes against the technical limits placed on it by the Complainant and violates the Instagram terms of use. The Respondent has used the disputed domain name to intentionally attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website, by creating a likelihood of conf usion with the Complainant’s trade mark as to the source, sponsorship, af f iliation, or endorsement of its website and the services of f ered, in bad f aith. The fact that the disputed domain name now resolves to an inactive website cannot cure the Respondent’s bad f aith registration and use. B. Respondent The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant’s contentions. 6. Discussion and Findings A. Identical or Confusingly Similar It is well accepted that the f irst element f unctions primarily as a standing requirement. The standing (or threshold) test for confusing similarity involves a reasoned but relatively straightforward comparison between the Complainant’s trade mark and the disputed domain name. WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Third Edition, (“WIPO Overview 3.0 ”), section 1.7. The Complainant has shown rights in respect of a trade mark or service mark for the purposes of the Policy. WIPO Overview 3.0 , section 1.2.1. The entirety of the mark is reproduced and recognizable within the disputed domain name. Accordingly, the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the mark for the purposes of the Policy. WIPO Overview 3.0 , section 1.7. The Panel f inds the addition of the term “save” and the letter “a” does not prevent a f inding of conf using similarity between the disputed domain name and the mark for the purposes of the Policy. WIPO Overview 3.0, section 1.8. The Panel f inds the f irst element of the Policy has been established. B. Rights or Legitimate Interests Paragraph 4(c) of the Policy provides a list of circumstances in which the Respondent may demonstrate rights or legitimate interests in a disputed domain name. Although the overall burden of proof in UDRP proceedings is on the complainant, panels have recognized that proving a respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in a domain name may result in the difficult task of “proving a negative”, requiring information that is of ten primarily within the knowledge or control of the respondent. As such, where a complainant makes out a prima facie case that the respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests, the burden of production on this element shifts to the respondent to come f orward with relevant evidence demonstrating rights or legitimate interests in the domain name (although the burden of proof always remains on the complainant). If the respondent f ails to come f orward with such relevant evidence, the complainant is deemed to have satisf ied the second element. WIPO Overview 3.0 , section 2.1. Having reviewed the available record, the Panel finds the Complainant has established a prima f acie case that the Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Respondent has page 5 not rebutted the Complainant’s prima facie showing and has not come f orward with any relevant evidence demonstrating rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name such as those enumerated in the Policy or otherwise. The Panel f inds the second element of the Policy has been established. C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith The Panel notes that, f or the purposes of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy, paragraph 4(b) of the Policy establishes circumstances, in particular, but without limitation, that, if found by the Panel to be present, shall be evidence of the registration and use of a domain name in bad f aith. The disputed domain name was registered long after the Complainant’s INSTA trade mark was registered and used. The disputed domain name incorporates the entirety of the Complainant’s distinctive trade mark with the addition of the term “ save” and letter “a”. It is clear that the Respondent knew of and targeted the Complainant and its INS TA trade mark at the time it registered the disputed domain name. Moreover, the Respondent’s lack of rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and f ailure to explain its choice of the disputed domain name f urther support a f inding of bad f aith registration in this case. The Panel is persuaded that the ultimate aim of the Respondent’s registration of the disputed domain name to be f or the purpose of “[attempting] to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to [his/her] web site or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of conf usion with the Complainant’s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of [his/her] web site or location or of a product or service on [his/her] web site or location...”(p arag rap h 4(b )(iv) o f the Po licy). The use of the same colour scheme was also another means by which to create conf usion to Internet users by making it seem that the Respondent’s website is associated with or endorsed by the Complainant. The f act that the disputed domain name now resolves to an inactive webpage does not alter the Panel’s vi ew that the disputed domain name is being used in bad faith for the purposes of the Policy. Panels have f ound that the non-use of a domain name (including a blank or “coming soon” page) would not prevent a f inding of bad f aith under the doctrine of passive holding. WIPO Overview 3.0 , section 3.3. Having reviewed the available record, the Panel notes the distinctiveness or reputation of the Complainant’s INS TA trade mark, the composition of the disputed domain name and implausibility of any good faith use to which the disputed domain name may be put, finds that in the circumstances of this case, the current passive holding of the disputed domain name does not prevent a f inding of bad f aith under the Policy. Accordingly, the Panel concludes that the disputed domain name was registered and used in bad f aith. The Panel f inds that the Complainant has established the third element of the Policy. 7. Decision For the f oregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the disputed domain name <saveinstaa.com> be transf erred to the Complainant. /Francine Tan/ Francine Tan Sole Panelist Date: October 11 , 2024

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