Allegedly stolen domain name end up at eName.
A Hong Kong resident has filed suit (pdf) in Virginia to recover the domain name 6213.com, which he says was stolen from him.
Ching Ping Cheung says he registered the domain name in 2003. He alleges it was stolen from his account at GoDaddy in January and transferred to Chinese domain name registrar eName.
Mr. Cheung filed the in rem case against the domain name under provisions of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. The case was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where .com registry Verisign is located.
He is represented by David Weslow of Wiley Rein, who has filed many such domain theft lawsuits.
John Berryhill says
“Mr. Cheung used the 6213.com domain name in U.S. commerce for over thirteen years in association with email services and the paid provision of information and advertisements for goods and services….
….Mr. Cheung is entitled to common law trademark protection in the 6213.com mark by virtue of his longstanding use of the mark in U.S. and international commerce in association with email and paid advertising and information services.”
http://www.screenshots.com/6213.com/
Acro says
John 🙂 Indeed, under construction since at least 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040601000000*/http://6213.com