Court enters default judgment and domain is transferred back to the prior owner. In November I wrote about a lawsuit for Roxi.com. The owner of the domain name since 1999 claimed the domain name was stolen from him after his email account was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Newtek domain theft has major impact on customers
· Policy & LawCustomers have to make quick switch to avoid security risk and potential outages. I frequently write about domain name theft. Usually, the only loss in the theft is the domain name. But it can be much worse. Three domain names belonging to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Chinese man sues after his numeric domain names are stolen
· Policy & LawLawsuit claims 11 domain names such as 0001.com were stolen. Gong Fan of Shenzhen, China has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover 11 numeric .com domain names that he alleges were stolen from him. According to the suit, Gong Fan is the original ... Continue Reading5 Comments
NY Supreme Court rejects domain name conversion claim
· Policy & LawCourt denies conversion claim because it says domain names are not property. The Supreme Court of the State of New York has denied (pdf) a claim one of Michael Gleissner's companies brought against Network Solutions. Gleissner's company ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Stolen LDW.com domain name returned in UDRP
· Policy & LawOriginal registrant discovered theft late last year. Game developer LDW Software, LLC has successfully recovered the stolen domain name LDW.com through a UDRP. The alleged theft appears to have happened in 2015, but the company didn't become aware ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
You need a plausible trademark to recover stolen domains through UDRP
· Policy & LawUDRP can be used to recover stolen domain names but you need to prove some sort of trademark rights in the domains. The owner of 74 domain names who claims they were stolen from their GoDaddy account has failed to recover the domain names through a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Popular website stolen and held for ransom
· Policy & LawThief demanded $30,000 worth of bitcoin to return 411Mania.com domain name. 411Mania.com, a mixed martial arts, wrestling and entertainment website that gets seven million pageviews per month, was hijacked and held for ransom earlier this ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen three letter .com domain names
· Policy & LawSuit alleges domain names were stolen after AOL email account was compromised. Daniel Kametani of California has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover six three letter .com domain names that he says were stolen after someone hijacked his AOL email ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Judge orders Verisign to transfer CostaRica.com domain name
· Policy & LawValuable CostaRica.com domain name will be transferred to prior registrant. A United States District Judge has ordered Verisign to transfer the domain name CostaRica.com to its previous owners, who allege the domain name was stolen. The plaintiffs ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Lawsuit filed to recover 6213.com, an allegedly stolen domain name
· Policy & LawAllegedly 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 ... Continue Reading2 Comments