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: NAF 2078063
Represented by:
RunSmart Online, LLC, the maker of a training app for track and field athletes and coaches, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after using the UDRP process to grab the domain, runsmart.com, from its registrant, Intuit. According to the UDRP filing, it appears RunSmart Online represented itself in the UDRP action. David […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-2132
Represented by: Internally represented
A company from the British Virgin Islands has been found to have abused the UDRP arbitration process to impel the transfer of the domain 1inch.com from its current, and only, registrant, who originally bought the domain in 1999. However, a single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization found the company, 1inch Limited, guilty of […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-1699
Represented by: Cantor Coburn LLC
A pharmaceutical company that has been in business since the late 1970’s has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in their attempt to use the UDRP process to steal the domain young.com from its current owner. The pharmaceutical company claims, on its website, to have been in business since 1977. The domain name, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-2003
Represented by: Internally represented
A UK-based company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after a sole panelist found the company GigPig, Ltd. has abused the UDRP process in order to hijack the domain gigpig.com. The domain is owned by a Korean company called Gigpig, Inc., and was originally registered in September 2001. Kathryn Lee was the […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-1995
Represented by: Coriolan
French cloud software firm Lotus SAS has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to attempt to steal the domain keylodge.com. The domain was originally registered in April 2000. Adam Taylor, the lone panelist to hear the case at the World Intellectual Property Organization, handed up a ruling of […]
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.
