More Domain Disputes Labeled 'Reverse-Hijacking'

merodach writes: "This article on technews.com actually has a rare piece of good news in it - two corporations whose attempts to take domains from others were rebuked as attempts at "reverse hijacking." We can only hope that maybe the arbitrators are finally beginning to see the light." Read the story and be amazed at the audacity of these companies.

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My Friend wins dispute

[goingware]

My friend Andy Hasse has for some years owned the domain afm.com, which he registered for the purpose of developing a web based business.

Earlier this year he received a binder with 5 inches of documents, containing the complaint that the American Film Marketing Association had submitted to WIPO to try to take his domain.

This caught Andy completely unawares, and unlike the AFMA, he did not have the benefit of expensive legal counsel to prepare his case - and neither did he have much time to prepare it.

One of andy's responses was to put up www.shameontheafma.com to publicize the case and elicit public support.

I think it was one of the most difficult experiences Andy has been through but in the end he won - that is, he won the right to keep that which was his in the first place.

Read Andy's statement about his victory.

Perhaps Andy can take some small comfort from the fact that the AFMA paid their legal stuff likely hundreds of dollars an hour to harass him this way, money which they entirely wasted.

Andy does internet consulting by the way.