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D2007-1525: RDNH finding over rebelde.com

On 27 December 2007, a WIPO panel found that Dori Media International GmbH brought its complaint over rebelde.com in bad faith, the finding known as reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The complaint was denied, so the registrant kept the name.

The record

WIPO caseD2007-1525
Domain namerebelde.com
ComplainantDori Media International GmbH
Decision date27 December 2007
Outcome (WIPO)Complaint denied
How the finding appearsfound in the panel's reasoning
PanelistBlackmer, W. Scott
PanelSole panelist
Complainant representedYes
Domain registered23 December 1999

The panel’s finding

For all the foregoing reasons, the Complaint is denied.

The panel’s decision, D2007-1525

The order above only denies the complaint. The finding itself is made in the panel’s reasoning:

Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Complaint represents an attempt at reverse domain name hijacking.

The panel’s reasoning, D2007-1525

Quoted exactly from the decision. Read the full decision on WIPO for the reasons.

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How the RDNH archive is built

WIPO publishes every panel decision and a full-text search over them. This archive starts from that search for the wording a panel uses when it declares reverse domain name hijacking, reads each decision in full (older ones are web pages, newer ones PDFs converted to text), and keeps those where the panel itself says the complaint was brought in bad faith. A finding is marked declared in the operative decision when the final order says so, or found in the panel’s reasoning when only the reasoning does.

The reading is automatic and has been checked by hand on samples, but it is not exhaustive and not perfect: some findings may be missing, and a few listed cases may be borderline. A case is listed only when the panel’s own closing words can be quoted cleanly; decisions with an irregular layout, or not written in English, are held back. Every page links to the decision on WIPO, which is the authority. Dates, parties and panellists come from WIPO’s case records. Respondents are not named.

This is an information resource, not legal advice. A finding of RDNH is a panel’s conclusion about one complaint, not a statement about the company beyond that case.