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Sealed Court Order Used To Transfer Out A Recent Acquisition
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<blockquote data-quote="Irieman" data-source="post: 2216007" data-attributes="member: 79138"><p>I’m seeking advice about what can be done to reverse what seems to be an attempt to steal one of my domains.</p><p></p><p>First let me state that the domain in question is a city+keyword domain and as generic as GEO domains can get and there are a two cities around the world that have is name, the main one is in Europe. Prior to buying it at auction in July I searched for trademarks, UDRPs and WIPO disputes. The domain is clean as a whistle, nothing related comes up in any search I do, not even Google. I have never been contacted by the investor in question, nor have I been contacted by anyone representing him… in fact I have never been contacted by anyone concerning this domain except GoDaddy. I can’t find any information linking this person to my domain.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I received an email with the following message from GoDaddy:</p><p></p><p>"We're sorry you transferred your domain name(s) away from GoDaddy. We are committed to providing quality services and products and hope that we met your needs.”</p><p></p><p>At first I thought this was some sort of phishing attempt, but a couple minutes later the another email arrived with the following message:</p><p></p><p>"<strong>Per a sealed court order, </strong>one or more domain names listing you as the Registrant has been transferred by the registry to another registrar for management.</p><p></p><p><strong>Please contact the court or Plaintiff Attorney directly regarding this court dispute.</strong>"</p><p></p><p>I checked the email headers an it seemed legitimate, so I went to GoDaddy and since there was no record or message anywhere stating the domain that was transferred out I had to search for it.</p><p></p><p>How am I supposed to contact the court or Plaintiff Attorney if I have no information about who they are? I have never seen any claim filed for this domain or against me so I have no idea what this whole mess is about.</p><p></p><p>I did a whois search and found out who the new registrant was and Googled him to find out more. Still nothing even remote linking him to my domain, but I did find out is that this was done by a quite well know and respected (at least until now) domain investor who has been featured in dnJournal.</p><p></p><p>I would have expected at least a friendly email stating his claim, not some sleazy attempt to hijack my domain.</p><p></p><p>The domain was transferred to Uniregistry, so I sent an email to the “new” registrant and Uniregistry asking them to please provide me with information I need to dispute this transfer. I also filed a transfer dispute with GoDaddy but feel that it was probably a waste of time.</p><p></p><p>So far no replies from anyone.</p><p></p><p>I guess if I had my domains at a non-US based registrar it would have been slightly more difficult for the domain to be transferred out like this without any knowledge of a dispute/claim for the domain.</p><p></p><p>Can anyone advise me on the actions needed for me to see what is in that court order or get my domain back?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irieman, post: 2216007, member: 79138"] I’m seeking advice about what can be done to reverse what seems to be an attempt to steal one of my domains. First let me state that the domain in question is a city+keyword domain and as generic as GEO domains can get and there are a two cities around the world that have is name, the main one is in Europe. Prior to buying it at auction in July I searched for trademarks, UDRPs and WIPO disputes. The domain is clean as a whistle, nothing related comes up in any search I do, not even Google. I have never been contacted by the investor in question, nor have I been contacted by anyone representing him… in fact I have never been contacted by anyone concerning this domain except GoDaddy. I can’t find any information linking this person to my domain. Yesterday I received an email with the following message from GoDaddy: "We're sorry you transferred your domain name(s) away from GoDaddy. We are committed to providing quality services and products and hope that we met your needs.” At first I thought this was some sort of phishing attempt, but a couple minutes later the another email arrived with the following message: "[B]Per a sealed court order, [/B]one or more domain names listing you as the Registrant has been transferred by the registry to another registrar for management. [B]Please contact the court or Plaintiff Attorney directly regarding this court dispute.[/B]" I checked the email headers an it seemed legitimate, so I went to GoDaddy and since there was no record or message anywhere stating the domain that was transferred out I had to search for it. How am I supposed to contact the court or Plaintiff Attorney if I have no information about who they are? I have never seen any claim filed for this domain or against me so I have no idea what this whole mess is about. I did a whois search and found out who the new registrant was and Googled him to find out more. Still nothing even remote linking him to my domain, but I did find out is that this was done by a quite well know and respected (at least until now) domain investor who has been featured in dnJournal. I would have expected at least a friendly email stating his claim, not some sleazy attempt to hijack my domain. The domain was transferred to Uniregistry, so I sent an email to the “new” registrant and Uniregistry asking them to please provide me with information I need to dispute this transfer. I also filed a transfer dispute with GoDaddy but feel that it was probably a waste of time. So far no replies from anyone. I guess if I had my domains at a non-US based registrar it would have been slightly more difficult for the domain to be transferred out like this without any knowledge of a dispute/claim for the domain. Can anyone advise me on the actions needed for me to see what is in that court order or get my domain back? [/QUOTE]
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