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 2062168
Represented by: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Sleep Number Corporation, which famously sells a line of adjustable beds, has been ruled a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker by a panel of the National Arbitration Forum, after the company attempted to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the highly-generic domain, beds.com. The three panelists, Eugene I. Low, Jeffrey J. Neuman and […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2065667
Represented by: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
A North Carolina cutlery firm has been found to have abused the UDRP process in an effort to force the transfer of the domain NattyOutdoorStore.com from its registrant, a Thailand-based company, which also sells cutlery, alleging the Thai company was selling counterfeit products using the complainant’s brand. For its part, the complainant, Micro Knives, Inc., […]
Read More...Case Number: D2023-3884
Represented by: Hayden O’Halloran
An Australian company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after attempting to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain playhouse.com, first registered in 1995. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up the RDNH ruling against Playhouse Pty. Ltd. Australia on October 17, 2023. The […]
Read More...Case Number: D2023-3619
Represented by: Sybarius
A Belgian medical-equipment maker, IBA SA, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with their attempt to use the UDRP process to transfer the domain iba.com from its owner. That owner, Ousmane Ba, has owned the domain since 1995. Nick J. Gardner, the sole member of the arbitration panel at the […]
Read More...Case Number: D2023-3244
Represented by: Novagraaf France
A California-based beverage company, operating under a name that is a variance of cappuccino, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by an arbitration panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Cappuccine Specialties, Inc., based in Corona, California, had attempted to use the UDRP process to steal the domain cappuccine.com, which predates the […]
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.
