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: Thermamax Hochtemperaturdämmungen GmbH ( Mannheim, Germany )
Result: Thermamax Hochtemperaturdämmungen GmbH found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Reble & Klose Attorneys & Patentattorneys, from Mannheim, Germany, represented Thermamax Hochtemperaturdämmungen GmbH in its attempt to gain control of the domain tmax.com from a private owner in South Korea (Republic of Korea). The RDNH ruling was handed up against Thermamax on April 21, 2020. Firm added October 5, 2020.
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Result: In Loco Tecnologia da Informação S.A. found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello represented the Brazilian information technology firm of In Loco Tecnologia da Informação S.A. in their attempt to take the domain name inloco.com from a private owner in the United Kingdom, who had owned the domain since 1999. The Brazilian company began operations in 2014. The RDNH ruling was […]
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Result: Roy Upshaw d/b/a found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The Arlington, Texas-based firm of Norredlaw PLLC represented Mr. Roy Upshaw d/b/a Taco Casa in its attempt to take the domain name tacocasa.com from the Alabama-based business of Rod Wilkin, who owns a seven-store chain called Taco Casa, Inc. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up a ruling of Revere Domain […]
Read More...Client: Kevac S.r.l. ( Monteveglio, Bologna, Italy )
Result: Kevac S.r.l. found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
LS LexJus Sinacta represented the Italian company Kevac, S.r.l, in its attempt to get the domain kevac.com via a UDRP filing. Kevac argued a series of trademarks registered in 2012 and 2013 gave it inherent rights in a domain that had been registered in 2009. The RDNH ruling was handed up against the company in […]
Read More...Client: Acubit A/S ( Aalborg, Denmark )
Result: Acubit A/S found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The Denmark-based law firm of Hjulman & Kaptain represented the Aalborg-based Acubit A/S in its attempt to hijack the domain name acubit.com. Acubit sought to gain control of a domain with a registration that predated the company’s existence by seven years, asserting a recent trademark and Danish trademark rules of practice gave it rights to own […]
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