Unleashtheultrabeast.com

The timeline behind unleashtheultrabeast.com

Registration, the decision and the archived record of what this domain actually displayed — from public RDAP and the Internet Archive.

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 Monster Energy Company v. web master, Expired domain caught by auction winner.***Maybe for sale on Dynadot Marketplace*** Case No. D2025-2967 1. The Parties The Complainant is Monster Energy Company, United States of America (“USA”), represented by Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, USA. The Respondent is web master, Expired domain caught by auction winner.***Maybe f or sale on Dynadot Marketplace***, Hong Kong, China. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar The disputed domain name <unleashtheultrabeast.com> is registered with Dynadot Inc (the “Reg istrar”). 3. Procedural History The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on July 25, 2025. On July 25, 2025, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request f or registrar verif ication in connection with the disputed domain name. On July 27, 2025, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verif ication response, disclosing registrant and contact information for the disputed domain name which dif f ered f rom the named Respondent (Unknown Registrant / REDACTED FOR PRIVACY (DT), Super Privacy Service LTD c/o Dynadot) and contact information in the Complaint. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on July 28, 2025, providing the registrant and contact inf ormation disclosed by the Registrar, and inviting the Complainant to submit an amendment to the Complaint. The Complainant f iled an amendment to the Complaint on July 30, 2025. The Center verif ied that the Complaint together with the amendment to the Complaint satisf ied the f ormal requirements of the Unif orm Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy” or “UDRP”), the Rules f or Uniform 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 August 5, 2025. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date f or Response was August 25, 2025. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notif ied the Respondent’s def ault on August 26, 2025. page 2 The Center appointed George R. F. Souter as the sole panelist in this matter on August 29, 2025. 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 is in the business of designing, creating, developing, marketing and selling beverages. Since 2002, the Complainant has been marketing its products under a f amily of UNLEASH-f o rmative marks, including the UNLEASH THE ULTRA BEAST, UNLEASH THE BEAST and other UNLEASH trademarks which, according to the Complainant, have become recognised by consumers in the USA and throughout the world as designating the Complainant as the source of the Complainant’s goods. Accordingly, UNLEASH THE ULTRA BEAST!, UNLEASH THE BEAST and other UNLEASH-formative marks have become extremely valuable to the Complainant. Products bearing the Complainant’s UNLEASH marks are sold in over 417,000 retail stores and outlets throughout the world. Worldwide adjusted gross sales of the Complainant’s branded products f or the year ending December 31, 2022 was USD 7.2 billion. The Complainant has provided the Panel with an impressive schedule of trademark registrations of its f amily o f UNLEASH-formative trademarks throughout the world. These include USA Registration No. 2769364 in respect of the UNLEASH THE BEAST! trademark, registered on September 30, 2003, and USA Registration No. 5633094 in respect of the UNLEASH THE ULTRA BEAST! trademark, registered on December 18, 2018. The Complainant also claims that it owns, among others, the domain name <unleashthebeast.com>. The disputed domain name was registered on June 4, 2025, and resolves to an erro r webpage. 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 Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name, and that the Respondent has never received consent f rom the Complainant to use its UNLEASH THE ULTRA BEAST! trademark in connection with the registration of a domain name, or otherwise. B. Respondent The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant’s contentions. 6. Discussion and Findings A. Identical or Confusingly Similar The Complainant has shown rights in respect of the trademark UNLEASH THE ULTRA BEAST! f or the purposes of the Policy. WIPO Overview 3.0, section 1.2.1. page 3 The entirety of the mark is reproduced within the disputed domain name, save f or the exclamation mark. Accordingly, the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the mark f or the purposes of the Policy. WIPO Overview 3.0, section 1.7. The Panel f inds the f irst element of the Policy has been established. B. Rights or Legitimate Interests 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 not rebutted the Complainant’s prima f acie 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 Having reviewed the available record in this case, the Panel considers it implausible that the Respondent chose the disputed domain name without having the Complainant’s UNLEASH THE ULTRA BEAST! trademark in mind, and f inds that the disputed domain name was registered in bad f aith. Panels have f ound that the non-use of a domain name 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 reco rd , the Panel notes the distinctiveness and reputation of the Complainant’s trademark, and the lack of response putting f orward any legitimate non-infringing purpose, and f inds that in the circumstances of this case the passive holding of the disputed domain name does not prevent a f inding of bad f aith under the Policy. 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 <unleashtheultrabeast.com> be transf erred to the Complainant. /George R. F. Souter/ George R. F. Souter Sole Panelist Date: September 12, 2025

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