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: D2023-1708
Represented by: Sanchez Fischer Levine, LLP
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after attempting to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain starofthesea.com. Royal Caribbean does not have a trademark for the phrase ‘star of the sea’, and the domain, itself, has been registered since 1998. A three-member panel of […]
Read More...Case Number: D2023-2886
Represented by: Chas. Hude A/S
Kvasir Technologies ApS, a Denmark-based biolfuels company, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization, for trying to use the UDRP process to transfer the domain ksavir.com A single-member panel, Edoardo Fano, handed up the RDNH ruling against Kvasir Technologies on September 1, 2023.
Read More...Case Number: D2023-2594
Represented by: Abello Abogados, Columbia
The owners of an upstart company, which aimed to provide financial services of some type via a specialized app, have been hit with a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for filing a UDRP to gain control of the domain stable.com, which had recently been acquired by its current registrant for just over $1-million. Stable […]
Read More...Case Number: D2023-1802
Represented by: Burr & Forman LLP
At-home health-testing company Healthyr, LLC, based in in the Louisville, Kentucky area, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to steal the domain name healthyr.com, which has been owned by its current registrant since 2006. Healthyr, LLC, claimed it had common-law rights in the name, asserting its name […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2044445
Represented by: Adam Solander of King & Spalding LLP
A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum has found Integrity Marketing Group, a Dallas-based insurance-technology company, guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to try to steal the highly-generic domain integrity.com. In a case laced with eponymous irony, Integrity Marketing, which has a subsidiary called Hegemon Group International, filed its […]
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.
