WIPO D2025-0367 NUTRIFORCE.COM - Nutriforce France SAS vs. SyncPoint, Inc.

Nutriforce France SAS: Attempted Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

WIPO D2025-0367 NUTRIFORCE.COM

Nutriforce France SAS vs. SyncPoint, Inc.

Key Points

1. No Bad Faith Registration

The complainant admits in their own evidence (Annex 3) that SyncPoint has owned Nutriforce.com since September 2020. However, their trademark and website domain were only both registered in 2023. Since bad faith must exist at the time of registration, this case fails on its face.

2. No Exclusive Rights to 'Nutriforce'

Trademark rights are country-specific, and the complainant's 2023 French trademark does not grant them exclusive worldwide rights. Additionally, multiple third parties use 'NutriForce' in their domain registration, including:

Nutriforce.be
TheNutriforce.com
NutriforceSports.com
NutriforceHealth.com
NutriforceNutrition.com
Nutriforce.Store
Nutri-Force.com

This proves that 'NutriForce' is not solely associated with the complainant.

3. Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)

The complainant is a 'Johnny come lately' attempting a "Plan B" hijack after failing to acquire the domain. The timeline shows:

Sept 2020 - SyncPoint acquires Nutriforce.com
Mar 2023 - Complainant registers Nutriforce.fr
2023 - Complainant files trademark
2025 - Complainant files UDRP after failed discussions

This fits the classic pattern of bad-faith UDRP filings, where a party tries to hijack a domain they could not acquire legitimately.

WHOIS Evidence

Whois taken on Oct 11 2020:
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Domain:     NUTRIFORCE.COM
Registrar:  whois.dynadot.com
Created:    2002-Apr-01
RegOrg:     SyncPoint
RegEmail:   tech***@syncpoint.com
Namesvrs:   NS1.GRIDHOST.COM, NS2.GRIDHOST.COM

Complainant's Domain WHOIS

Whois taken on Feb 03 2025:
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Domain:     NUTRIFORCE.FR
Registrar:  whois.cloudflare.com
Created:    2023-Mar-17
Namesvrs:   COLIN.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM, SIMONE.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM