Lawsuit filed against four domain names. A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) that alleges four four-digit domain names are stolen. Xia Zhang filed the lawsuit in rem and against John Doe, alleging the perpetrator stole 0927 .com, 0942 .com, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
509.com buyer defends domain in lawsuit
· Policy & LawPerson who bought 509.com in Sedo auction defends domain in stolen domain lawsuit. The person who paid $109,000 to buy 509.com in a domain name auction has responded to a lawsuit that alleges the domain name was previously stolen. Yin Sheng ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Stolen “Go” domains end up in court battle
· Policy & LawMany of the domain names were subsequently sold. 15 domain names beginning with "go" have allegedly been stolen and many of them have been resold — creating a complicated issue now in the courts. Scott Petretta registered the domain names about ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Purported Calculator.com thief might still be active
· Domain SalesA person using the same name as the alleged thief of Calculator.com is still trying to sell domains. A purported domain thief going by the name Ruth Yakobzon appears to still be active. The person, whose name may or may not be real, tried to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Judge issues TRO to transfer Calculator.com back to original owner
· Policy & LawOrder comes just days after case is filed. A judge in Florida has granted a request (pdf) for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) involving the domain name Calculator.com. Last week, the original registrant of the domain name filed a lawsuit ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Stolen domain lawsuit now officially a clusterf*ck
· Policy & LawAnother 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