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: D2021-2255
Represented by: Dowd & Company
An Australian digital hosting company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after using the UDRP process to try to grab the domain streamlineservers.com, which was originally registered in 2004. GSL Networks Pty Ltd., which was incorporated in 2017, was handed the ruling by a sole panelist of the World Intellectual Property Organization on […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-2259
Represented by: Taylor Wessing N.V.
Smart Robotics B.V., of the Netherlands, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for trying to steal the domain smart-robotics.com using the UDRP process. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up the RDNH ruling against Smart Robotics on September 17, 2021, even though the domain owner, Mary Anne Wheland, […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 1958918
Represented by: Internally represented
An Ohio-based consumer electronics and clothing company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for trying to use the UDRP process to steal the domain buttkicker.com from its owner. While the firm, The Guitammer Company, does have trademarks for the mark, “buttkicker”, those trademarks were not assigned until 2003, about seven years after […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-2166
Represented by: House Counsel
NURO Corporation of Canada has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after trying to steal the domain NURO.com using a UDRP filing. The domain was registered in 2015, but NURO Corporation did not exist until 2017. A three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up a ruling of RDNH on September 14, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-1949
Represented by: Gün + Partners
An automotive upstart, based in Turkey, with ambitions to build electric vehicles, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in its attempt to steal the domain togg.com from its long-time registrant, who first acquired the domain in 2003. The company is officially named Türkiye’nin Otomobili Girişim Grubu Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, but uses […]
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.
