{"id":1848,"date":"2020-05-19T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T02:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2022-09-25T00:38:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:38:41","slug":"reverse-domain-name-hijacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/tip-sharing\/reverse-domain-name-hijacking","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be a Victim of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1848\" class=\"elementor elementor-1848\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68c25d06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68c25d06\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2db1023f\" data-id=\"2db1023f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b0577e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29b0577e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Cybersquatting is generally defined as registering a domain name that is confusingly similar to a trademark. These people or companies will file a baseless case against a domain name in an effort to get a domain they want without paying for it. This is called \u201creverse domain name hijacking\u201d.<\/p><h3><strong>Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution<\/strong><\/h3><p>The person who files a UDRP, called the Complainant has to show three things in order to win:<\/p><ul><li>Your domain name is confusingly similar to, or matches, their trademark.<\/li><li>You don\u2019t have legitimate rights or interests in the domain name.<\/li><li>The domain was registered and used in bad faith.<\/li><\/ul><p>It\u2019s not enough to prove some of the above; all three have to be met. The Complainant has to make at least a baseline case for all three of these and the domain owner then has a chance to defend herself.<\/p><h3><strong>Reverse Domain Name Hijacking<\/strong><\/h3><p>When a company files an egregious cybersquatting case against a domain name, the panel that decides the case can go further than just denying the claim. They can also admonish the Complainant for engaging in \u201creverse domain name hijacking,\u201d though instead of this colourful language, a panellist might simply say the case was filed in bad faith.<\/p><p>Here are some reasons a panellist might decide that a case is reverse domain name hijacking:<\/p><p>Complainant knew that the respondent had legitimate rights. A common example is when the company\u2019s name matches the last name of the domain name owner. If the company was aware that the domain owner\u2019s last name was the same as the domain. Then it knew she had legitimate interests in the domain name. Another example is if the domain owner has used the domain for many years for a business.<\/p><p>Complainant left out key information from the complaint. Complainants will sometimes only submit information that helps their case, leaving out critical information. For example, a Complainant might produce part of an email conversation that makes it look like the domain owner tried to sell the domain to it. In reality, the Complainant contacted the domain owner about buying the domain, not the other way around.<\/p><p>Plan B reverse domain name hijacking. This often goes hand-in-hand with leaving out key information. Plan B refers to when a company tries to buy a domain name. When it can\u2019t negotiation the price it wants, it files a UDRP.<\/p><p>Complainant should have known it couldn\u2019t win the case. This is somewhat of a catchall, but it\u2019s usually when the Complainant\u2019s trademark rights postdate the domain owner\u2019s registration of the domain. In order to show that a domain was register in bad faith, a Complainant must show that the domain owner was targeting it. That\u2019s impossible if the company or its mark didn\u2019t exist when the domain was register.<\/p><p>There\u2019s no monetary penalty for being found to have fill a reverse domain name hijacking case, although domain owners can subsequently sue the Complainant in court to seek an award.<\/p><h3><strong>Protect Yourself<\/strong><\/h3><p>It\u2019s easy as \u201cthe little guy\u201d to be bullie by someone who says they have a trademark and that you are cybersquatting. It\u2019s important to understand your rights and to not do or say something that can come back to haunt you.<\/p><p>Some simple advice: if a company claims you are cybersquatting, call an attorney that specializes in domain names and UDRP.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersquatting is generally defined as registering a domain name that is confusingly similar to a trademark. These people or companies will file a baseless case against a domain name in an effort to get a domain they want without paying for it. This is called \u201creverse domain name hijacking\u201d. Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/tip-sharing\/reverse-domain-name-hijacking\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don\u2019t be a Victim of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[30],"tags":[36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14133,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/14133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}