WIPO D2025-3027 · decided 22 September 2025
Families Thrive, Inc. f/k/a/ Children Awaiting Parents, Inc. v. Loc Thi, V9betmobile
The parties
- Complainant
- Families Thrive, Inc. f/k/a/ Children Awaiting Parents, Inc.
- Respondent
- Loc Thi, V9betmobile
What did the panel find on each element?
| Policy paragraph | Finding |
|---|---|
| 4(a)(i) Identical or confusingly similar | The panel found childrenawaitingparents.org identical to the CHILDREN AWAITING PARENTS trademark, registered in the United States in 1992, after confirming the complainant changed its name on April 1, 2024. |
| 4(a)(ii) No rights or legitimate interests | The panel found Loc Thi, V9betmobile had no rights or legitimate interests, because the respondent filed no response and offered no evidence to rebut the prima facie case. |
| 4(a)(iii) Registered and used in bad faith | The panel found bad faith, because the respondent registered the domain name two and a half months after it lapsed and used it for online betting content. |
Why does Children Awaiting Parents matter for a complaint today?
Families Thrive, Inc., formerly Children Awaiting Parents, Inc., is a non-profit in New York that has provided adoption referral and related services since 1975. It registered childrenawaitingparents.org on July 24, 2002. It used the domain name for 22 years and then inadvertently let it expire on July 24, 2024. Loc Thi, V9betmobile, in Viet Nam, registered it on October 9, 2024, and the site showed sports betting, online casino and slot game content. The sole panelist, Andrew Brown K.C., ordered the transfer on September 22, 2025. The panel relied on three facts together: the domain name was identical to the CHILDREN AWAITING PARENTS trademark, it was registered two and a half months after the lapse, and the respondent gave no explanation. Section 3.2.1 of the WIPO Overview 3.1 lists registration following "the complainant's failure to renew its domain name registration" as a factor in assessing bad faith. The first element of the UDRP needs trademark rights, and the non-profit had a United States registration from October 6, 1992. The complaint was filed on July 29, 2025, a year after the domain name expired. Set your domain names to renew automatically.
What does the WIPO Overview 3.1 say?
The WIPO Overview 3.1 summarises how WIPO panels decide each issue. These sections cover the same point of law.
- Section 3.2.1: What circumstances further inform panel consideration of registration in bad faith?
Who decided the case?
A single panelist, Andrew Brown K.C., decided the case on 22 September 2025.
Read the decision
The full text is published by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. We summarise it here; the decision itself is the authority.
Summarised by Gergana Dimitrova. Checked against the published decision on 23 October 2026.
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