Below is our current list of those inducted into the Hall of Shame or found guilty of trying to Reverse Hijack a Domain Name in which they had no legal rights. In other words they tried to bully the rightful owners into relinquishing their property and forcing these innocent parties to spend thousands to defend what they already own. Since there is no Legal Penalty, we are determined to Shame these companies along with their attorneys that represent them. What can you do? Tweet, Like, Circulate! Help me, Help you!
Case Number: D2024-4418
Represented by: Wadhwa Law Chambers
An India-based manufacturer of mattresses, Wakefit Innovations Private Limited, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after using the UDRP process to grab the domains wakefit.com and wake.fit. The owners of the domain also own several other variations of the domain. Specifically, however, the domain wakefit.com predates the company’s incorporation by about seven […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2125296
Represented by: Dennis L. Wilson of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Social media company Snapchat has been hit with a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking from the National Arbitration Forum after using the UDRP process in an attempt to grab the domains snapchatplanets.org and snapchatplanets.net. While the respondent in the case no longer owns snapchatplanets.net, the sole member of the NAF panel, the Honarable Neil […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2113611
Represented by: Gerben Perrott, PLLC
Printfly Corporation, which operates the promotional goods website, RushOrderTees.com, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with its effort to use the UDRP process to hijack the domains rushtees.com and rushordertees.co. PrintFly’s branded company advertises that it is a promotional partner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball club. In presenting its arbitration […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-4345
Represented by: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization has found the India-based delivery company, Instakart Services Private Limited, guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to force a transfer of the domain ekart.com. Instakart is not related to the U.S.-based Instacart. While the Indian company does have a trademark for […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-3871
Represented by: Cabinet Herrburger
A law firm based in France has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for attempting to use the UDRP arbitration process to force the transfer of a domain name it had once owned but let drop. The firm of Arthus Bertrand, which has a subsidiary by the name of A. Augis, had attempted […]
Read More...My hope is this is the last RDNH case I will ever have to write about and circulate. The reality is I will write every company and their representation every single time there is a case of RDNH. To fight back we had to create HallofShame.com to get the message across to Main Street and Main Stream. Now maybe some value based companies will think twice before flirting with this tactic and come to the bargaining table in good faith instead of being labeled forever on Hall of Shame. The net is written in ink! And now a monument has been built at a common crossroads that many more folks will see. Just like being in Times Square.
