WIPO DEU2026-0032 · decided 14 October 2026
Niche Beauty Lab SL v. BeatricWhited, Beatrice K Whited
The parties
- Complainant
- Niche Beauty Lab SL
- Respondent
- BeatricWhited, Beatrice K Whited
What did the panel find on each element?
| Element | Finding |
|---|---|
| Identical or confusingly similar to a protected name | The panel found nichebeautylab.eu identical to the NICHE BEAUTY LAB trademark registered at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, and found rights in the company name too. |
| Registered without rights or legitimate interest | The panel found no rights or legitimate interest, because the holder filed no response and had no permission to redirect the domain, which posed a risk of impersonation. |
| Or registered or used in bad faith | The panel found bad faith, because redirecting the domain to Niche Beauty Lab's official website showed the holder knew of and targeted it, and the holder gave false contact information. |
Why does Niche Beauty Lab matter for a complaint today?
Niche Beauty Lab SL is a Spanish cosmetics company. It holds the NICHE BEAUTY LAB trademark at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, No. M3699766, registered on July 30, 2018. Someone registered nichebeautylab.eu on July 30, 2026 and redirected it to the company's own website. The company filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on August 24, 2026 and had a transfer order dated October 14, 2026. The panel, Manuel Moreno-Torres, accepted the Spanish trademark and the Spanish company name as rights for the first element. You do not need an EU trademark to bring a .eu complaint. Paragraph B(11)(d)(1)(i) of the .eu ADR Rules accepts a name protected by the national law of a Member State and/or European Union law. The panel found both no legitimate interest and bad faith, though under the .eu test one of them would have been enough. A UDRP complaint needs both. For a business owner, the redirect is the warning sign. A domain that sends visitors to your own site can look harmless, but the panel treated it as proof that the holder knew of the company and targeted it.
Who decided the case?
A single panelist, Manuel Moreno-Torres, decided the case on 14 October 2026.
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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