New lawsuit is in rem and in a different district. Oath Research, a company that says its domains were stolen from its account at registrar TrustName, has filed a new lawsuit (pdf) to recover its most important domain. The company originally ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Customer sues TrustName over stolen domains
· Domain RegistrarsCustomer says its losing $70,000 in daily revenue from one of the domains. [Update: On Thursday afternoon, a judge denied the request for a temporary restraining order on the grounds that it lacks personal jurisdiction and it has not shown why ... Continue Reading13 Comments
TrustName customers report domain thefts after ICANN de-accreditation notice
· Domain RegistrarsCustomers question TrustName's response to alleged unauthorized transfers. Several customers of TrustName, a domain registrar that received a de-accreditation notice last week, claim that their domains have been stolen from the registrar. ICANN ... Continue Reading17 Comments
ICANN de-accredits “bulletproof” domain registrar
· Policy & LawRegistrar that catered to registrants likely to receive DNS abuse complaints loses its accreditation. In the end, it wasn't as bulletproof as advertised. ICANN has officially terminated the registrar accreditation of Fewmoretaps OU, d/b/a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
