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Defunct app maker hit with reverse domain name hijacking

App maker files UDRP and then shuts down its business. The maker of a now-defunct app called Yish has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Yish.com. The company used various domain names including yishapp.com, yish.co, yish.app, yish.io and yish.menu. It understandably wanted Yish.com, but that domain was […]

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September 5, 2018 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization

Gesab, S.A. tries to reverse domain name hijack DeskWall.com

Panelist says Complainant knew or (should have known) that it couldn’t prove registration and use in bad faith. Gesab, S.A., a company in Barcelona that sells a product called DeskWall, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by filing a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name DeskWall.com. The company first tried […]

August 21, 2018 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization

Reverse domain name hijacking (even with no response)

Panelist finds Mister Auto SAS filed complaint in abuse of policy despite domain name owner not responding. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Mister Auto SAS in France guilty of reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name MisterAuto.com. The decision by panelist John Swinson comes despite the domain name owner not responding […]

August 13, 2018 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization

Crypto World Journal tries to reverse domain name hijack CWJ.com

Company goes after valuable domain name that was registered before it existed. Crypto World Journal Inc, which operates a news site about cryptocurrency and blockchain, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name CWJ.com. The domain name was purchased by a Chinese domain name […]

August 8, 2018 Andrew Allemann crypto world journal, CWJ.com, Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization

Fertilizer company tries reverse domain name hijacking

Company intentionally provided incomplete material evidence, panel determines. Ferm-O-Feed B.V., a fertilizer company based in the Netherlands, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Fertiplus.com. The World Intellectual Property Organization panel determined that Ferm-O-Feed “provided intentionally incomplete material evidence.” The case follows a familiar pattern found in […]

August 3, 2018 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization

Jolly.com UDRP: “Is someone trying to steal it from me?”

Woman is understandably confused that someone tried to get the domain Jolly.com through a UDRP. A Turkish company has failed to take the domain name Jolly.com away from its owner, who was understandably confused by being on the receiving end of a UDRP. Club Jolly Turizm ve Ticaret A.Ş. filed the complaint against Jon B. […]

July 11, 2018 Andrew Allemann jolly.com, Policy & Law, world intellectual property organization

Miray Software AG nailed for reverse domain name hijacking

German software company Miray Software AG has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Miray.com. The company uses the German country code domain name Miray.de. The owner of the domain name, who is located in the United States, registered the domain name shortly after Miray claims that it […]

July 4, 2018 Andrew Allemann miray software, miray.com, miray.de, Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization June 28, 2018 Andrew Allemann gdpr, Policy & Law, topstory, world intellectual property organization

Another day that ends in Y, another reverse domain name hijacking

Verdant Services of Seattle guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Well, it’s another day that ends in ‘y’, so I have another reverse domain name hijacking case to report. This time it’s Verdant Services, Inc. of Seattle trying to reverse domain name hijack Verdant.com. It owns the domain VerdantServices.com. The domain name is owned by […]

June 25, 2018 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, verdant services, world intellectual property organization

Insurance company Allianz tries reverse domain name hijacking a domain name

World Intellectual Property Organization panelists have harsh words for insurance giant. Insurance giant Allianz has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name AGCS.com. The company formed a business called Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty in 2006 and, at some point, started referring to this group at […]

March 9, 2018 Andrew Allemann agcs, ALLIANZ, bad faith, Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization

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