Digital Pandit
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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 recover domain names he said were stolen from his possession, including eol.com, fde.com, jol.com, nnn.com, olp.com, tang.com, wok.com, wtv.com, and zhang.com.
At first, no one showed up to defend the domain names. Still, the judge was wary of handing the domains over. She questioned how the plaintiffs had trademark rights to a domain like Tang.com.
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Yoshiki Okada filed a lawsuit late last year to recover domain names he said were stolen from his possession, including eol.com, fde.com, jol.com, nnn.com, olp.com, tang.com, wok.com, wtv.com, and zhang.com.
At first, no one showed up to defend the domain names. Still, the judge was wary of handing the domains over. She questioned how the plaintiffs had trademark rights to a domain like Tang.com.
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