Jul, 2002 : Sex.com Lawsuit Against VeriSign Expedited
📅 - Adult Internet portal Sex.com announced last week that the US court of appeals for the Ninth Circuit had agreed to expedite oral arguments in the company's lawsuit against Network Solutions, now owned by VeriSign.
Sex.com's lawsuit seeks to hold Network Solutions responsible for damages caused by the mismanagement of the domain name, the ownership of which was incorrectly transferred away from the company.
Attorneys for Gary Kremen, founder and chief executive officer of Sex.com, argue that Network Solutions failed to make even a rudimentary attempt to verify a forged third-party letter requesting that the sex.com domain be transferred to Stephen Michael Cohen, now a wanted fugitive.
The lawyers also allege that Network Solutions worked closely with Cohen, using phone, fax and email, to guide him through the domain registration process, and should therefore be held responsible for damage caused by the negligent transfer of sex.com.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Kremen $65 million in damages, along with the return of the domain, from Cohen in 2001.
According to Sex.com, Network Solutions has repeatedly asserted in the District Court and others that domain names are not property, and that any domain name could be cancelled by Network Solutions at its discression. Kremen's lawyers dispute this interpretation, claiming that domain names are an inherently lucrative piece of electronic real estate.
"You can't even trust the people that say they are the only ones you can trust," says Kremen. "In registering my domain name with Network Solutions, I was misled by them into thinking the domain name was safe in their hands. And there was no competition, as Network Solution was the only domain name register at the time."
The court, says Sex.com, has set a date of the oral agreement for August 13, 2002, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit located in San Francisco. The hearing is open to the public and the media.
Sex.com's lawsuit seeks to hold Network Solutions responsible for damages caused by the mismanagement of the domain name, the ownership of which was incorrectly transferred away from the company.
Attorneys for Gary Kremen, founder and chief executive officer of Sex.com, argue that Network Solutions failed to make even a rudimentary attempt to verify a forged third-party letter requesting that the sex.com domain be transferred to Stephen Michael Cohen, now a wanted fugitive.
The lawyers also allege that Network Solutions worked closely with Cohen, using phone, fax and email, to guide him through the domain registration process, and should therefore be held responsible for damage caused by the negligent transfer of sex.com.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Kremen $65 million in damages, along with the return of the domain, from Cohen in 2001.
According to Sex.com, Network Solutions has repeatedly asserted in the District Court and others that domain names are not property, and that any domain name could be cancelled by Network Solutions at its discression. Kremen's lawyers dispute this interpretation, claiming that domain names are an inherently lucrative piece of electronic real estate.
"You can't even trust the people that say they are the only ones you can trust," says Kremen. "In registering my domain name with Network Solutions, I was misled by them into thinking the domain name was safe in their hands. And there was no competition, as Network Solution was the only domain name register at the time."
The court, says Sex.com, has set a date of the oral agreement for August 13, 2002, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit located in San Francisco. The hearing is open to the public and the media.
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