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: D2024-2275
Represented by: Crepaldi Advogados Associados
Mangels Industrial, S.A., a Brazilian manufacturing company specializing in steel cylinders and steel galvanizing, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with its attempt to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain mangels.com. A three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up the ruling of […]
Read More...Case Number: 23351-UDRP
Represented by: Saarah Khan
Blame it on the weed. A Canadian cannabinoid company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after attempting to use the UDRP process to force a transfer of the domain cronosgroup.com. The company, itself, is called Cronos Group, Inc., and publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange, under ticker symbol CRON, was handed a […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2105376
Represented by: Martin Saker
Work In Progress Creative Solutions Ltd., a British company specializing in Software as a Service applications for business, has been found guilty of attempted Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a single-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum. Terry F. Peppard handed up his ruling of RDNH against Work In Progress on August 12, 2024.
Read More...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...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.
