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: D2021-2166
Represented by: House Counsel
NURO Corporation of Canada has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after trying to steal the domain NURO.com using a UDRP filing. The domain was registered in 2015, but NURO Corporation did not exist until 2017. A three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up a ruling of RDNH on September 14, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-1949
Represented by: Gün + Partners
An automotive upstart, based in Turkey, with ambitions to build electric vehicles, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in its attempt to steal the domain togg.com from its long-time registrant, who first acquired the domain in 2003. The company is officially named Türkiye’nin Otomobili Girişim Grubu Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, but uses […]
Read More...Case Number: NAF 1954083
Represented by: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo
GoSecure Inc., a security software maker serving governments in Canada and the United Kingdom, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to take the domain gosecure.com from its current registrant. A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum handed up its ruling against GoSecure, Inc. on August 19, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-1861
Represented by: Internally represented
A French consortium operating under the moniker of Lerins & BCW has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for attempting to grab the domain lerins.com from its current owner. The consortium owns a 2007 French trademark for the mark “lerins”, but that mark was only acquired by the company in December of 2020, […]
Read More...Case Number: D2021-1892
Represented by: Meyer Capel, P.C.
An Illinois-based food-service subcontractor has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in connection with its attempt to grab the domain collegefresh.com from its current owner, who registered the domain in 2005. College Fresh, Inc., which also has a trademark for the phrase “College Fresh”, only began operation in 2010, five years after the […]
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.
