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: 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...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...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.
