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: D2016-0534
Represented by: House counsel
UNIKS APP, S.L. of Barcelona, Spain, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in their effort to obtain the domain, uniks.com. The company was represented by internal counsel.
Read More...Case Number: D2016-0515
Represented by: Adams & Adams Attorneys, South Africa
Nedbank Limited of Johannesburg, South Africa, was found guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The company had tried to obtain the domain name, greentrust.com. Nedbank Limited, the convicted reverse domain hijacker, was represented in their hijacking attempt by Adams & Adams Attorneys, also of South Africa.
Read More...Case Number: D2016-0335
Represented by: Burness Paull LLP, UK
Coolside Limited of Glasgow, Scotland, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking by the World Intellectual Property Organization, after the company attempted to obtain the domain, trtl.com. Coolside Limited, the convicted reverse domain hijacker, was represented in their hijacking effort by Burness Paull LLP of the UK.
Read More...Case Number: FA1603001664293
Represented by: Marc Blumberg
Degani Designs LLC was found guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking by the National Arbitration Forum, after the company tried to obtain the domain, chooze.com. Degani Designs was represented, in its Reverse Domain Hijacking attempt, by Texas attorney Mark Blumberg, according to the ruling.
Read More...Case Number: FA1602001662809
Represented by: Mikhail Lezhnev, New York, USA
Master Call Connections, LLC has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking by a panel at the National Arbitration Forum. The NAF issued its ruling after the New Jersey-based communications company attempted to take the domain, mastercall.com. Master Call was represented in its reverse domain hijacking attempt by Mikhail Lezhnev, a New York City attorney […]
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.
