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: 1970005
Represented by: Michael J. Hertz
Gridiron Fiber and Lumos Telephone LLC, which operates primarily across Virginia and North Carolina, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in their effort to transfer the domain lumos.com from its current registrant. A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum found Gridiron/Lumos had tried to purchase the domain from the current registrant, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-3383
Represented by: Magee Legal, PLLC
A Delaware-based company, providing communications services to the corrections facilities and other government agencies, primarily in Texas, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with its effort to use the UDRP process to transfer the domain securus.com. Securus Technologies, LLC was found guilty of RDNH by a sole panelist of the World […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-3114
Represented by: Novian & Novian LLP
A U.S.-based company that supplies online ordering services for restaurants and diners has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after using a UDRP filing to force a transfer of the domain nextbite.com. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization found Nextbite Brands LLC guilty of RDNH for trying to use the […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-3337
Represented by: Internally represented
Consensus Software, Inc. has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for trying to steal the domain metamask.com from its owner. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up its ruling on December 9, 2021. Consensus Software, which makes a browser extension called “meta mask”, has been in business since 2016, […]
Read More...Case Number: 1969515
Represented by: Kevin J. Thomas and Jason D. Rosenberg
An information technology and cybersecurity company, operating largely in Maryland and Virginia, and primarily in the Washington, D.C.-metro area, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after trying to use the UDRP process to transfer electrosoft.com from its current registrant. Electrosoft Services, Inc., had claimed it had common-law trademark rights that began accruing […]
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.
