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: NAF 2082771
Represented by: Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, PC
The Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority, which operates Yeager Airport in Charleston, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in their effort to steal the domain FlyCRW.com from its current registrant. In this case, the registrant did not file a response to the UDRP complaint. The domain, itself, was registered in 2019, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-0556
Represented by: M Zardi & Company SA
Lifeware SA of Switzerland has been found guilty of abusing the UDRP process in order to reverse hijack the domain lifeware.com, which was first registered in 1995. The company, itself, was not incorporated until 1998. A sole panelist at the World Intellectual Property Organization, Warwick A. Rothnie, handed up a ruling of Reverse Domain Name […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-0778
Represented by: Wilson Silveira e Associados
Trix may be known as a children’s cereal in the United States, but a lone panelist of the World Intellectual Property Organization was not indulging child’s-play when he handed up a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking against a pair of Brazilian companies that tried to grap trix.com with a UDRP filing. Panelist Assen Alexiev […]
Read More...Case Number: D2023-5355
Represented by: Riker Danzig LLP
A New Jersey-based music school with a global reach has been found guilty of abusing the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain musictogetherofmarin.com. Music Together LLC was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The sole member of the panel, David H. Bernstein, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-0293
Represented by: Eversheds Sutherland
Euronet Worldwide, Inc., a U.S.-based online payments processor, has been found guilty of attempting to hijack the domain euronet.com from its Dutch owner, Euronet Internet, of the Netherlands. A sole panelist at the World Intellectual Property Organization, Adam Taylor, handed up the ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on March 26, 2024.
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.
