Hi,
This question is of an urgent nature, because the domain name will be
available to the public within the month. I am the plaintiff in a case
in California and have filed a lawsuit against a cybersquatter, which
registered a domain name consisting of a personal name of a minor (to
answer upfront.. minor lacks common law trademark so UDRP arbitration
is out of the question). Unlike a federal statute which requires
registrars or registry's to deposit a "certificate" to the court,
Cali. doesn't have this. Regardless of the details, I'd like to ask in
a general form the question below.
Can a California Court, issue a court order to a company outside of
California (not a party) and have that order be valid? Does the
supreme court ruling on minimum contacts jurisdiction apply to court
orders on companies outside of Cali. that do business in Cali.
As you probably figured by now, the Defendant is trying to avoid the
lawsuit and dumped the domain name from Godaddy, an Arizona
corporation. The domain name is held onto by the registrar for a short
period of time before being released.
I am hoping that through a Preliminary injunction hearing, I will be
able to request and get an order for either Network Solutions in
Virginia, the registry, or Godaddy software, the registrar, to turn
control of the domain over to the court during the pendency of the
action. |
