Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Damages

Reverse domain name hijacking claims have a negative impact on the legitimate domain name owners.

Reverse domain name hijacking damages. Has a strong case before the court. The company uses spase io for its service that turns product photos into 3d digital files. In a case between digimedia and goforit entertainment a judge ruled that goforit entertainment attempted reverse domain name hijacking and awarded digimedia over 100 000 in damages.

A national arbitration forum panelist has found that spase inc committed reverse domain name hijacking for a second time. Reverse domain name hijacking occurs where a rightful trademark owner attempts to secure a domain name by making cybersquatting claims against a domain name s cybersquatter owner. Reverse domain name hijacking is most commonly enacted by larger corporations and famous.

This is not only because the domain name owners incur expenses related to hiring lawyers but also because they will not be able to sell or otherwise transfer their domain name during the course of the dispute resolution procedures. This often intimidates domain name owners into transferring ownership of their domain names to trademark owners to avoid legal action particularly when the domain names belong to smaller organizations or individuals. Due to this tendency to stay away from legal proceedings as well as the intimidating nature of big organizations with their legal teams rightful owners tend to transfer their domains to the one making the complaint.