UDRP 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
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen 4-number domain names
· Policy & LawPrevious owner says two four-digit domain names were stolen. Thomas Keefe, Jr. has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. federal district court to recover domain names he alleges were stolen from his eNom account. Keefe alleges that the domain names ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Two stolen three-letter domains returned via UDRP
· Policy & LawPanels order EDP.com and LGI.com to be transferred back to their previous owners. Two three-letter domain names that were allegedly stolen from their owners have been returned through cybersquatting claims under UDRP. In separate decisions, a panel ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen domains: 5678.com, 26266.com and Manhua.com
· Policy & LawSuit by domain investor in China alleges domains stolen from her eNom account. A Chinese domain name investor has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that three of her domain names were stolen. Qianqian Jin filed the suit in U.S. District Court for the ... Continue Reading8 Comments
UDRP panel doesn’t give back OnlineMBA.com, stolen from Moniker
· Policy & LawCompany says domain name was stolen from its Moniker account, but UDRP panel determines it didn't prove trademark rights. An Austin company that once owned OnlineMBA.com has failed to recover the allegedly stolen domain name through a UDRP. Mascot ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen education domain names
· Policy & LawSuit alleges a dozen domain names were stolen using compromised email address. Texas company CMN.com LLC has filed a lawsuit to recover 12 domain names it alleges were stolen from it. According to the suit, the thief gained access to one of its ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
John Berryhill gets stolen EHT.com domain returned through UDRP
· Policy & LawPanel orders domain name stolen in 2013 to be returned to previous owner. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has successfully won the transfer of the domain name EHT.com for his client, in a rare case in which he acted on behalf of the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen X3.com domain name
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name was transferred to eName, a popular home for stolen domain names. The person who registered X3.com in 1995 has filed a lawsuit to recover the domain name, which he says was stolen from his DreamHost account. Anthony Alfieri-Crispin ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Company sues over stolen domains after losing UDRP
· Policy & LawAustin Rare Coins asks court to hand over allegedly stolen domain names. An Austin company has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit in an effort to get control over eight domain names it says were stolen from its possession. Austin Rare Coins, ... Continue Reading9 Comments
