专家证人试图反向劫持两字母域名

导语：2025年4月17日，一名IT服务工程师兼兼职法律案件专家证人试图通过网络域名抢注索赔反向劫持ew.uk域名。

Andrew Allemann[36] Leave a Comment[37] April 17, 2025
**Panelist shuns attempt to grab two letter domain name through cybersquatting claim.**
the words reverse domain name hijacking in pale yellow type on a black background, next to a graphic of a pirate face[39]
An expert witness attempted to reverse hijack the domain name ew.uk, a Nominet Dispute Resolution Service panelist has determined.
John Chapman, an IT service engineer who is also a part-time expert witness in legal cases, filed the dispute against domain investor ANY-Web Limited.
ANY-Web owns around 50,000 domain names, including 300 two-letter .co.uk and .uk domain names.
Chapman said he chose EW for a name because it’s short for Expert Witness. He obtained a UK trade mark registration for EW in January this year and registered ew.legal around the same time. He filed the cybersquatting claim just days later.
Panelist Tony Willoughby determined that this was a Plan B reverse domain name hijacking case, in which someone files a cybersquatting claim after failing to negotiate the purchase of the domain.
Chapman noted there was no evidence that ANY-Web targeted Chapman with its registration of the domain name:
How was his reputation as an expert witness under the EW name supposed to have come to the attention of the Respondent The Complainant does not say. There is no suggestion that the parties communicated at that time or that the Respondent witnessed his performance as an expert witness. There is no evidence in the form of advertisements or business literature, notepaper, invoices etc. to demonstrate any use of the name, beyond the rarified environment of the Academy of Experts’ website. On the evidence before the Expert there is absolutely no evidence that the Complainant ever performed as an expert witness. He may have done so, but he has produced no evidence to show that he has done so. In its Response the Respondent drew attention to the lack of any evidence for the Complainant’s contentions, but even then the Complainant made no attempt in his Reply to remedy this lack of evidentiary support for his claims.
According to the case history, Chapman tried to withdraw the case before it was decided. ANY-Web objected, and the panelist rendered the decision.
Thank you to the Internet Commerce Association’sUDRP Digest[38] for bringing this case to my attention. _

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本文来源于Domain Name Wire、https://domainnamewire.com/2025/04/17/expert-witness-tries-to-reverse-hijack-two-letter-domain-name/、作者Andrew Allemann