After losing an expired domain auction, man files UDRP against winner.
A man who lost a DropCatch auction and subsequently filed a UDRP has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking.
Daniel Diemers runs a business called SNGLR and has the matching domain name in many extensions.
Earlier this year, snglr.com expired and was caught by DropCatch.com, which auctioned the domain.
Diemers bid several times, but lost the auction to domain investor Global IP Holdings Inc. The domain sold for $1,249.
After the auction, Diemers sent a letter to DropCatch alleging trademark infringement and stating he was going to file a UDRP.
A three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel found (pdf) in Global IP’s favor on the issues of rights or legitimate interests and registration and use in bad faith.
The panel noted that the domain is a five-letter acronym used by other entities.
In finding reverse domain name hijacking, the panel wrote:
Having participated in the DropCatch.com Auction himself – placing three bids but, ultimately, being outbid by the Respondent – the Panel finds that the Complainant’s conduct in first sending a letter to DropCatch.com on March 9, 2026, and in subsequently filing this Complaint amounts to Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, in particular in light of the Complainant’s acknowledgments in the body of the Complaint that the Respondent is a professional domain name investor.
This was the second reverse domain name hijacking win today for Global IP and its attorney, Ankur Raheja of Cylaw Solutions. Diemers was not represented.
Huh? He didn’t bid more than $1249 at expiry auction? Yet he holds many other extensions? And runs a business with that name? And then he filed a UDRP? Oh dear. I’m sure he wasted much more then $1249 in fees and time since then. And he’s now gonna waste a lot more. IMO that was not a good business decision. Lack of research? Bad advice?