One reverse domain name hijacking finding was not enough for this entrepreneur.
Oh, dear. Say it ain’t so.
An entrepreneur who was found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain Spase.com earlier this year is trying again.
Spase, Inc., which runs a business as Spase.io, just filed a UDRP against the domain at National Arbitration Forum.
The company’s founder, Sahil Gupta, filed a previous case against domain owner Mrs Jello LLC at World Intellectual Property Organization. It was an easy case for the panel because Mrs Jello LLC acquired the domain in 2005, well before Gupta started his business in 2019.
UDRP panels frown upon people refiling cases unless new information comes to light that could not have been known when the original case was filed. Gupta argues that new information about Spase.com has come to light: that popular security software flags Spase.com as a dangerous site.
Gupta filed a complaint with Enom that resulted in the DNS for the domain being suspended.
It appears that the domain has been parked at ParkingSpa.com the entire time. Internet security software sometimes flags parked pages as malicious.
Of course, even if Mrs Jello were distributing malware on the domain, it wouldn’t change the crux of the case.
Regrettably, it does not seem that Gupta hired an attorney to refile the case. I think this was a risky move.
LaughingBoy says
This is so ridiculous, I think this guy needs to do some serious jail time for this obvious abuse/harassment.
Sajmal says
Some one need to tell him it doesn’t work
John Berryhill says
Without naming names, telling him it won’t work is like telling a certain someone that he lost an election. He’s been told, but he keeps yelling “fake news!”
Andrew Allemann says
I think it’s sad. Mrs Jello originally offered to sell it for $15,000. He probably could have negotiated down a bit. Something tells me he’s going to end up spending more than $15k and still not get the domain name.
Samer says
Way too neutral to Sahil Gupta — I’m impressed, Andrew; hold emotions in check so blatant continues news; wrong reasons. expensive to file? Maybe he thinks; “No PR is bad PR”
hope after wording of ruling; reality hits him
Samer