It's all about domain names
Back in April, I wrote this article that outlined how Affirm Inc. decided that they deserved the highly generic Australian domain name Affirm.com.au for themselves, FOR NO COMPENSATION, instead of the existing owner, who had legitimately owned it for 15 years.
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The City of Parramatta Council (“The Council”) was last week officially found “guilty” of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking with regards the domain name Parramatta.com.au. For those that may not know what that means, in simple terms, they filed a dispute / complaint against the long standing registrant of this valuable premium domain name in order to try and have it transferred to them for free! And they lost spectacularly.
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Affirm Inc. recently engaged law firm DLA Piper, most notably Robynne Sanders and Adnan Meher, to file an auDRP in an attempt to try to rip the domain name away from the current owners, with no payment or compensation.
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In 2021, there are still some business owners who don’t understand the difference between a Cyber Squatter and a Domain Investor. Today, Domainer gives two easy-to-follow real-life examples.
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The dirty would-be thief submitted a complaint in late November against my domain name in what he/she probably hoped would see my name drop to the public auctions during the Christmas holiday period so he/she could scoop it up for him or herself!
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Sahil Gupta, CEO of Spase Inc, has been found guilty of attempting to steal a valuable domain name from its current owner, who has owned it for over 14 years.
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John Swinson (WIPO Panelist) has found Mighty Men Pty Ltd, trading as “Opalshop”, to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain OpalShop.com. The company currently uses the domain OpalShop.com.au
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The scammers are really going for it again. They are illegally using the business details of others to register .au domains. This can obviously cause reputational damage to innocent parties e.g. scammers can put up a fake eCommerce sites and rip off the public. Check out the story here…
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The premium generic domain name Link.com.au is dropping due to, what looks like, someone making an anonymous complaint against it and TPP Wholesale or auDA accepting that complaint.
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It gives me a lot of satisfaction when I (as an everyday Australian businessman) can prevail against the might and resources of a legal firm. And when the panelists state that Mills Oakley’s case (lead by Stuart Gibson) was “riddled with inconsistencies in its pleading and evidence”, this makes it even better.
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auDA have replied to the RottnestIsland.com.au domain complaint and have denied it stating the domain is a geographic location.
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