Following UDRP and lawsuit, FirstQuote.com given to insurance firm
VeriSign transferred domain the prior week as result of court order.
In June 2010 a UDRP panel found in favor of the respondent for the domain name FirstQuote.com.
The owner, who lives in China, paid thousands of dollars for the domain and thousands to defend it in the UDRP.
But then in December 2010, the complainant decided to take the matter to court. Since the owner was in China, Aspen Holdings, Inc decided to file an en rem case against the domain name itself.
Aspen won the case in a default judgment shortly thereafter. The court entered an order in October 2011 demanding that the domain name be transferred to Aspen Holdings. The domain finally transferred Aspen Holdings the prior week.
The (previous) domain owner is obviously furious, and sent me a note regarding the case.
He stated they weren’t able to file a response in time given their location and that the Virginia court wouldn’t accept electronic filings.
I can imagine that having to defend yourself in a foreign court over a domain dispute you by now won once must be extremely frustrating. How much money do you sink into defending one domain name?
