Another party shows up to continue lawsuit over allegedly stolen domains. What was supposed to be a simple in rem stolen domain name case got a lot messier in April. Now it is a clusterf*ck. Yoshiki Okada filed a lawsuit late last year to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How to keep your domains from being stolen (2019 edition)
· Domain RegistrarsConsider these eight safeguards to keep thieves away from your domain names. If you own domain names--particularly good names--you are at risk of having your valuable assets stolen from you. Thieves will try to compromise your domain registrar ... Continue Reading4 Comments
This stolen domain lawsuit just got messier
· Policy & LawFirst the judge questioned trademarks. Now a company says it bought one of the domains. Yoshiki Okada's lawsuit to recover valuable domain names he says were stolen from him is getting messier. Okada filed an in rem lawsuit late last year to ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Tang trips up stolen domain lawsuit
· Policy & LawJudge questions trademark rights in stolen domain lawsuit. Victims of domain name theft frequently turn to Virginia courts to get their domain names back. It works like this: File a lawsuit under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Valuable three-letter .Com domains stolen
· Policy & LawNNN.com, Wok.com among domains man claims were stolen. A Japanese man alleges that valuable domain names were stolen from his registrar account and transferred to another registrar. These aren't run-of-the-mill three-letter domains, either. Among ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Lawsuit filed to recover 6-digit domain names
· Policy & LawComplaint alleges that five domain names were stolen. A person in China has filed a lawsuit in an effort to recover domain names they allege were stolen from their domain name registrar account. Xiaomei Chen filed the in rem action against the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domainer files lawsuit claiming Roxi.com is stolen
· Policy & LawLawsuit seeks to recover Roxi.com. A domain name investor has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to recover Roxi.com, which was allegedly stolen. John Lee of Precision Telephone Services, Inc. filed the lawsuit. The suit claims that he was the original ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen $100,000 domain name
· Policy & LawMan says he paid $100,000 for three-letter domain name before it was stolen. A California man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the valuable domain name BSH.com. Qiang Du bought the domain name for $100,000 in April 2016. He transferred the ... Continue Reading1 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
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
