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: D2017-1182
Represented by: Kennedy Van der Laan
A Dutch software company specializing in business telephone services, J.D.M. Software B.V., has been found guilty of attempted Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a majority ruling of a three-member panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The company, represented by Kennedy Van der Laan, had tried to gain control of the domain jdm.com, owned by Robert Mauro […]
Read More...Case Number: D2017-0756
Represented by: Heidi Howard Tandy
Brand Development Corporation, of Miami, Florida, has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking for its attempt to acquire the domains dermarose.com, dermarose.net, dermarose.org and dermarose.info, from Zora Hajali, of Delaware. Brand Development Corp. holds a trademark for “dermarose”, but the trademark was acquired about three years after the domains were first registered. […]
Read More...Case Number: D2017-0679
Represented by: Patrade
Knud Jepsen A/S has been found guilty of reverse domain hijacking by a three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The company had sought to obtain the domain queen.com for Queen Flowers, a specialty flower company in Denmark. Jepsen, headed by managing director Frands Jepsen, has attorneys file a UDRP against the domain’s owner, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2016-2598
Represented by: Rios Abogados S.C.
Central Media S.C. of Mexico City, Mexico, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by the World Intellectual Property Organization. Central Media S.C. was found guilty of RDNH in its attempt to grab the domain, centralmedia.com, which is owned by Valentin Lotrean of Victoria, Australia. While Mr. Lotrean represented himself, Central Media was […]
Read More...Case Number: D2016-1932
Represented by: Rechtsanwalt Michael Stefan
Georg Mez AG, based in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization. According to a businessweek.com profile, George Mez AG is a private investment firm. The three-member WIPO panel handed up their ruling of Reverse Domain Hijacking after the Swiss firm attempted […]
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.
