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: 1973473
Represented by: Ronald S. Bienstock / Scarinci Hollenbeck
A Canada-based music group is singing the blues after being found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for trying to steal the domain simpleplan.com, which is currently owned by a travel company based in Norway. The domain, itself, had been registered by the complainant, Simple Plan, Inc., the corporate name for the eponymous Canadian rock […]
Read More...Case Number: 1972226
Represented by: R. Omar Riojas / Goldfarb & Huck Roth Riojas
An intense corporate legal spat, originating in the Bahamas, with potential companion cases in at least three other countries, spilled into the National Arbitration Forum in the form of a UDRP filing for seven domains, owned by the respondent in the current case. However, the end result was the complainant, Hot Pancakes Ltd., was denied […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-3559
Represented by: Norton Rose Fulbright
A cryptocurrency exchange company, Bybit Fintech Limited, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with its effort to transfer to the domain bybt.com from its owner, a cryptocurrency exchange listing company, Liqian. Bybit Fintech is based in Seychelles, while Liqian is based in China. A single member panel of the World […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-3086
Represented by: The IP & Technology Legal Group, P.C.
The former owner of a domain was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Pacific House, LLC, which had owned libertas.org, had used the UDRP process to reacquire the domain, after the company’s attorney inadvertently failed to renew the registration. The current owner of the domain, […]
Read More...Case Number: 1974104
Represented by: Randy R. Micheletti of Incubate IP
An off-brand manufacturer of children’s toys, Regal Games, has found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for trying to transfer the domain regalgames.com using the UDRP process. A sole panelist of the National Arbitration Forum found Regal attempted to mislead the panel, and further found the company could not prove a 2019 trademark registration gave […]
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.
