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: D2023-1802
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...Case Number: NAF 2046327
Represented by: Timothy Getzoff of Holland & Hart, LLP
The company that publishes Veterans Benefits Guide, JoshCo Group, LLC, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in its effort to steal the domain VBG.com from its current owner. The RDNH ruling was handed up June 22, 2023 by a three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum. In […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2036243
Represented by: Ronald H. Spuhler of McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd.
An American manufacturer of components for various spacecraft has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for trying to steal the domain RocketLab.com from its current owner, who has held the domain since it was first registered in 2000. A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum handed up the ruling against Rocket Lab […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2041740
Represented by: Anna King, House Counsel
A well-established Richmond, Virginia-based insurance and financial company, Markel Corporation, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for attempting to steal the domain markelgroup.com from its current owner, a Naples, Florida company, to which the domain was originally registered in 2011. Markel Corporation was founded in 1930. The RDNH ruling was handed up […]
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.
