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: D2025-3046
Represented by: Asist Patent Ltd. Şti.
In another clear case of ‘first in time, first in right’, a Turkey-based company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for filing a UDRP to force the transfer of a domain in which the registration predated the company’s own trademarks. A single panelist ruling for the World Intellectual Property Organization, Mehmet Polat […]
Read More...Case Number: D2025-3330
Represented by: Marq Vision, Inc.
A Korean perfume company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using a UDRP arbitration filing to secure the transfer of a 24-year old domain name in which it had no rights: concreted.com. A sole panelist ruling at the World Intellectual Property Organization found Ideas on Board Corporation guilty of Reverse Domain […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2173736
Represented by: Patrick J. Jennings of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
Auctane LLC, which operates under the name Ship Station through its website shipstation.com, has been delivered a ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain shipstation.ai, which is registered to an individual in India. A solo panelist for the National Arbitration Forum, Alan L. Limbury, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2025-2907
Represented by: Cornet Vincent Segurel
A French security firm, SCUTUM, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after using the UDRP process for force a transfer of the 27-year-old domain scutum.com from its registered owner. While the French company predates the domain registration by about eight years, the sole panelist ruling for the World Intellectual Property Organization, W. […]
Read More...Case Number: D2025-2879
Represented by: Thorntons Law LLP
A British golf club, Royal Portrush Golf Club, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with its failed UDRP filing, aimed at securing a transfer of the domain royalportrush.com, which has been the subject of a long-running ownership dispute between the club and the domain name’s registered owner. A three-member panel […]
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.
