Hi Mike. You have a factual mistake in the quote below. Verisign is the registry not registrar. I believe the court was trying to determine whether the jurisdiction was based on the registry or registrar location. In the ruling the court in fact stated that they believe jurisdiction can be both the registry AND registrar locations
"we conclude under California law that domain names are located where the registry is located for the purpose of asserting quasi in rem jurisdiction. Although the question is not directly before us, we add that we see no reason why for that purpose domain names are not also located where the relevant registrar is located"
Please note my point is that the registrar (godaddy as an example) is different than the registry (verisign as an expample) and the court was trying to determine which jurisdiction to use. Registry and registrar are often confused
Your quote :
"Eric Goldman points us to the ruling in the case where the court finds that, indeed, domain names are considered property, and that jurisdiction should be based on where the registrar of that domain is located (pdf) rather than wherever John Zuccarini may be hiding at the moment. Since, in this case, the registrar was VeriSign, and VeriSign is in Northern California... the court was ruled to be the proper jurisdiction."
Domain Name News covered this topic right before the new year in several articles and Steve Poland before us. . . . Eric did a nice job expanding on these thoughts.
Registrar vs Registry
Hi Mike. You have a factual mistake in the quote below. Verisign is the registry not registrar. I believe the court was trying to determine whether the jurisdiction was based on the registry or registrar location. In the ruling the court in fact stated that they believe jurisdiction can be both the registry AND registrar locations
"we conclude under California law that domain names are located where the registry is located for the purpose of asserting quasi in rem jurisdiction. Although the question is not directly before us, we add that we see no reason why for that purpose domain names are not also located where the relevant registrar is located"
Please note my point is that the registrar (godaddy as an example) is different than the registry (verisign as an expample) and the court was trying to determine which jurisdiction to use. Registry and registrar are often confused
Your quote :
"Eric Goldman points us to the ruling in the case where the court finds that, indeed, domain names are considered property, and that jurisdiction should be based on where the registrar of that domain is located (pdf) rather than wherever John Zuccarini may be hiding at the moment. Since, in this case, the registrar was VeriSign, and VeriSign is in Northern California... the court was ruled to be the proper jurisdiction."
Squitters
Domain Name News covered this topic right before the new year in several articles and Steve Poland before us. . . . Eric did a nice job expanding on these thoughts.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/the-top-100-global-brands-still-dont-get-online-media/3570
http://www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/reverse-user-name-hijackings/3590
http://www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/social-media-user-names-becoming-more-like-domain-names/3556
http://blog.stevepoland.com/twitter-usernames-are-like-domains-in-1995/
Twitter squatters are referred to as squitters btw