The job of the attorney is not to be part of a hijacking and actually Aid and Abet. It's the job of the attorney to educate their client or fire their client. Explain the self inflicted damage that can be done to them, their company, their brand, you as an attorney and the firm you work for. HallofShame will now begin to list you as the attorney and the firm you represent. It will be a stain you cannot remove and it will be all self inflicted because you knew better!
Aid and Abet? Make no mistake, the panels today are not ignorant. The attorney is the mastermind of the hijacking as well as the driver of the car the way I see it given what we know now. You have been hired as a contract hit man so to speak but the hit is not on a person, it is on property. Your client is in the back seat directing you and paying you to help him hijack a domain name when your real job is to protect him. The moment you go along with that scheme, you are just as guilty because you know what you are doing. It is premeditated. You are just as guilty aren't you Mr. Attorney?? If not, why not? I have read the decisons and the panels have been brutal when they get lied to. When lawyers and their clients fabricate accusations and get caught doing it!
Wrong minded? Outrageous? Over the top? ok fine. I may be guilty of bad taste. How does that measure up against being found guilty of Reverse Hijacking a domain name by the govering panel? Worth the gamble of ending up here at HallofShame.com and then what? Blame me? Threaten ME!?
All I am suggesting is you better be on solid ground when you hit somebody with a WIPO or NAF action. Your choice and just remember that Your Name will be included in the fallout. It's not up to you and it is not in your control once you are found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.
Client: Snap! Mobile, Inc. ( Seattle, Washington, USA )
Result: Snap! Mobile, Inc. found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Attorney Richard Alaniz, of the Seattle-based law firm of Lowe Graham Jones PLLC, represented the crowdfunding company, Snap! Mobile, Inc., in the company’s effort to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain SnapMobile.com. A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum handed up a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking against […]
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Result: Sleep Number Corporation found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Attorney Ben L. Wagner, of the Atlanta-based law firm of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, represented Sleep Number Corporation in its failed bid to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain, beds.com, even falsely accusing the current registrant of having stolen the domain. A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum […]
Read More...Client: Micro Knives, Inc. ( Fletcher, North Carolina, United States )
Result: Micro Knives, Inc. found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Attorney Tasneem A. Dharamsi, of the North Carolina law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, represented Micro Knives, Inc. in its effort to steal the domain NattyOutdoorStore.com from its owner, a Thai national doing business in Southeast Asia. A single-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum handed up a ruling of Reverse Domain […]
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Result: Playhouse International Pty. Ltd. found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Australian attorney Hayden O’Halloran represented Playhouse International Pty. Ltd. in its UDRP action to force a transfer of the domain playhouse.com. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking against Playhouse International on October 17, 2023.
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Result: IBA SA found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Sybarius, a Belgian law firm, represented IBA SA in its effort to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the 28-year old domain, iba.com A sole panelist of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Nick Gardner, handed up a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking against IBA SA on October 17, 2023.
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