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D2025-0314: RDNH finding over ianearme.com and 4 more
On 18 March 2025, a WIPO panel declared that Insurance Agent Near Me brought its complaint over ianearme.com and 4 more in bad faith, the finding known as reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The complaint succeeded for some of the domain names and failed for the rest.
The domain name was registered on 6 February 2024, 1 years before the complaint was filed.
The record
| WIPO case | D2025-0314 |
|---|---|
| Domain names | ianearme.comianearme.directoryinsagentsnearme.cominsuranceagentsnearme.cominsuranceagentsnearme.directory |
| Complainant | Insurance Agent Near Me |
| Decision date | 18 March 2025 |
| Outcome (WIPO) | Complaint denied, transfer in part |
| How the finding appears | declared in the operative decision |
| Panelist | Blackmer, W. Scott |
| Panel | Sole panelist |
| Complainant represented | Yes |
| Domain registered | 6 February 2024 |
| Complaint filed | 27 January 2025 |
The panel’s finding
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the disputed domain name <insagentsnearme.com> be transferred to the Complainant. For the foregoing reasons, the Complaint is denied with respect to the other disputed domain names. Moreover, the Panel finds that the Complaint has been brought in bad faith and constitutes an attempt at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, solely with respect to the claim concerning the disputed domain name <insuranceagentsnearme.com>.
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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.
