Don’t sell me your domain for $2,000, I’ll file a UDRP” — “If you

Firm that makes UDRP threat found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking.

“If you don’t sell me your domain for $2,000, I’ll file a UDRP against the domain name.”

That’s effectively what a United Kingdom firm threatened against the owner of the domain name edgePOS.com, as stated by the findings of a recent UDRP decision.

John Henderson (Holdings) filed a UDRP complaint against Xiaodong Zhang of Austin, Texas, over the domain name. Zhang stated he registered the domain name for a point of sale system ahead of the complainant wanted to start using the term.

As stated by Zhang, the complainant communicated with him on March 19, 2012 to ask him to sell the Disputed Domain Name (again). Following the respondent’s refusal the complainant threatened to institute a UDRP if the Zhang did not agree to an “offer of $2000”.

Ouch.

Perhaps John Henderson Holdings ought to have read up on the UDRP ahead of making this claim. Its subsequent filing apparently lacked any support that Zhang registered and used the domain in bad faith.

Panelist Alistair Payne found in Zhang’s favor and also found John Henderson Holdings guilty of reverse domain name hijacking.