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: Regal Games LLC ( Saint Charles, Illinois, United States )
Result: Regal Games LLC found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Randy R. Micheletti, of Incubate IP, based in Illinois, represented Regal Games LLC in its effort to transfer a 25-year-old domain based on trademark registrations dating from 2020 and 2021. A single-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum found Regal Games LLC guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on December 23, 2021.
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Result: Gridiron Fiber and Lumos Telephone LLC found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Michael J. Hertz, of Woods Rogers PLC, with offices across Virginia, represented Gridiron Networks and Lumos Telephone LLC in their attempt to grab the domain lumos.com from its owner. The domain was dropped, and eventually purchased at auction in 2020 by the current registrant. A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum handed up their ruling […]
Read More...Client: Securus Technologies, LLC ( Texas, United States )
Result: Securus Technologies, LLC found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Magee Legal, PLLC, based in Dallas, Texas, represented Securus Technologies, LLC, in its effort to take the domain securus.com via a UDRP filing. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization found Securus guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on December 16, 2021.
Read More...Client: Nextbite Brands LLC ( Los Angeles, California, United States )
Result: Nextbite Brands LLC found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Novian & Novian LLP, of Los Angeles, California, represented Nextbite Brands LLC, also of California, in its effort to transfer the domain nextbite.com from a Kuwaiti company by the same name. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization found the U.S.-based Nextbite guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on December 10, 2021.
Read More...Client: Electrosoft Services, Inc. ( Virginia, United States )
Result: Electrosoft Services, Inc. found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Kevin J. Thomas and Jason D. Rosenberg represented Electrosoft Services, Inc., of Virginia, in its attempt to use a UDRP to transfer the domain electrosoft.com. A single-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum handed up a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on December 9, 2021.
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