Group tried to take down gripe site.
A developer that recently acquired the Chinese Cultural Center in Phoenix with plans to redevelop it has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking.
668 North, LLC, which is owned by private equity group True North, acquired the mostly empty mixed-user center last year with plans to redevelop it. Some of those plans irked the local Chinese community, which is concerned about changes the developer plans to make.
Many in the community raised a fuss about the changes and one group registered PhoenixChineseCulturalCenter.com as a way to raise awareness. 668 North filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name with National Arbitration Forum.
A National Arbitration Forum panelist ruled that 668 North failed to prove any of the three elements necessary to win its case. The panelist went further, noting that the developer “knew or should have known that it was unable to prove that Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and that Respondent registered and is using the domain name in bad faith.” For this reason, the panelist found that 668 North, LLC engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by filing the case.
York says
the property was not empty when thus new owner purchased it. TN intentionally tries to bury all the existing tenants alive, by putting up fake construction fences, claim this place is permanently closed, at same time, evicted good rent paying anchor tenant , claiming it was in bankruptcy, have 100,000 and unpaid debts…. as the result, the community spoke up and united to tell the truth to the world, by using this website. TN IS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN this website, to stop the truth to be told….. this reports get the cause and the consequences reverted.
SavePHXChinaTown says
Some info was not true about the center: the property was not empty when this new owner purchased it. True North/668 North intentionally tries to bury all the existing tenants alive, by putting up fake construction fences, claim this place is permanently closed, at same time, evicted good rent paying anchor tenant , claiming it was in bankruptcy, have $100,000 unpaid debts…. as the result, the community spoke up and united to tell the truth to the world, by using this website. TN IS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN this website, to stop the truth to be told….. this reports get the cause and the consequences reverted.