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: D2024-1995
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...Case Number: D2024-1964
Represented by: United Trademark & Patent Services
Descon Engineering Limited, from Pakistan, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after attempting to grab the domain desconllc.com using the UDRP process. The respondent is also a company named Descon, in this case, Descon Automation Control System LLC, of the United Arab Emirates. Scott Blackmer was the sole panelist to review the […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 2095240
Represented by: Jeremiah A. Pastrick
A single-member panel at the National Arbitration Forum has found the affiliate of a U.S.-based aviation company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for trying to use the UDRP process to steal hiobeech.com and bayareabeech.com. Panelist Sebastian M W Hughes handed up the RDNH ruling against Textron Innovations, Inc. on June 2, 2024, after the […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-0698
Represented by: AWA Sweden AB
Rocketship AB of Sweden has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with their attempt to take the domain rocketship.com via the UDRP process. In making their case, they invoked an obscure trademark law from Sweden which they claimed entitled them to rights in the “rocketship” mark. However, the present owner of […]
Read More...Case Number: D2024-0544
Represented by: Selari Oriamedia
A French company that was once attached to a university has been found guilty of an attempt at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to try to acquire SmartCatch.com, which has been registered since 2004. The respondent in the case, who is privacy protected, claimed the company was simply trying to avoid […]
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.
