Judge said Chinese domain company failed to comply with court order. A United States district judge has found (pdf) Leascend Technology Co., Ltd to be in civil contempt of court. The action stems from a lawsuit Meta Platforms, parent company of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Former 35.com registrar appeals Meta Platforms’ cybersquatting lawsuit
· Policy & LawJudge has ordered domain registrar to pay over $5 million. A cybersquatting legal battle that began over four years ago is set to continue. Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. formerly known as Xiamen 35.com Internet Technology Co., Ltd, has appealed ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Court filing: Too late, 35.com is sold, and Chinese law wouldn’t let registrar pay Facebook
· Policy & LawChinese company asks court not to issue contempt sanctions in long-running dispute. A Chinese company that once owned domain registrar 35.com has told a court that it shouldn't apply contempt sanctions to it in a cybersquatting dispute with ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Meta demands control of domain registrar’s 35.com domain name
· Policy & LawCompany wants domain name frozen after registrar fails to make $5.5 million deposit. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is asking a court to give it control of the 35.com domain name. The request comes ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Court finds 35.cn and OnlineNic are alter egos, $5 million sanctions possible
· Domain RegistrarsThe ruling means Meta Platforms could get over $5 million from 35.cn. A court has found that ICANN-accredited domain name registrars 35.cn and OnlineNic are alter egos, potentially opening 35.cn up to paying more than $5 million to Meta ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Judge orders OnlineNic to pay Facebook over $3 million for cybersquatting
· Policy & LawThe judgment could exceed $5 million, including legal fees. A U.S. District Judge has ordered (pdf) OnlineNic and its Whois privacy service Domain ID Shield to pay Meta Platforms (Facebook, NASDAQ: FB) over $3 million for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Is a Whois privacy service an alter ego of the registrar?
· Policy & LawDomain registrars might be too tight with their privacy services, which could create legal headaches. For years, domain name registrars have set up separate legal entities for their Whois privacy services. They did this to comply with ICANN rules ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Updates: Facebook vs. OnlineNic
· Domain RegistrarsOnlineNic is still operating and 35.com pushes back. OnlineNic said it was shutting down at the end of July due to an ongoing Facebook lawsuit. It's October, and the registrar is still operating. It's unclear whether the threat of shutting down ... Continue Reading1 Comment
July’s top domain name stories
· Domain RegistrarsHere's what made news in the domain name business last month. 1. OnlineNIC says it’s shutting down because of Facebook lawsuit - The company is no longer defending Facebook's lawsuit and told the court it was shutting down within days. It hasn't ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Facebook to pay $74,812 for OnlineNic’s domain name portfolio
· Domain RegistrarsFacebook agrees to buy OnlineNic's owned and operated domains to settle part of a dispute. Facebook will soon be the proud owner of hotwifecuckolds .com, magiksex .com, and hundreds of other domain names currently owned by the domain name registrar ... Continue Reading9 Comments
