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: Kosmos Global Holding, S.L. ( Madrid, Spain )
Result: Kosmos Global Holding, S.L. found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
MERX IP, a large European intellectual property law firm, located in Madrid, Spain, represented Kosmos Global Holding S.L. in that company’s attempt to reverse hijack the domain kosmos.com. A panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up its RDNH ruling on September 8, 2022.
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Result: Redgrass SA found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Riccardo Ciullo, an parnter with the IntLaw, located in Barcelona, Spain, represented the Swiss company Redgrass SA in that company’s attempt to use the UDRP process to hijack the domain redgrass.com. A three member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization found Redgrass SA guilty of what one-panelist called “one of the most egregious” cases […]
Read More...Client: ITF France ( Paris, France )
Result: ITF France found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The French law firm of Cabinet Bouchara represented ITF France in its effort to hijack the domain veripro.com from an individual investor, also in France. A three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization found ITF guilty of RDNH on September 2, 2022.
Read More...Client: Kaufman Realty and Auctions ( Sugarcreek, Ohio )
Result: Kaufman Realty and Auctions found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Attorney Andrew R. Burton, of Canton, Ohio, represented Kaufman Realty and Auctions in its effort to steal the domain kaufmanauctions.com from its owner using the UDRP process. The respondent never replied to the UDRP; nonetheless, a single-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum found Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on August 25, 2022.
Read More...Client: Paymentus Corporation ( Redmond, Washington, United States )
Result: Paymentus Corporation found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Attorney Stephen M. Vaughn, of the law firm of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, based in Atlanta, Georgia, represented the financial technology firm Paymentus Corporation in its UDRP filing to transfer the domain ipnpaymentus.com. A single-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum found RDNH on August 23, 2022, writing that Paymentus made “knowingly false” statements in […]
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