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Former blockchain.ai owner dismisses lawsuit

Former blockchain.ai owner dismisses lawsuit

Man who let domain expire gives up on lawsuit.

Blockchain .ai domain

The former owner of blockchain.ai has voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against Identity Digital, CentralNic, Namecheap, and OnlyDomains.

The dispute began when the domain expired and went through the normal registry expiration cycle, counting auctioning the domain through Namecheap.

Blockchain.ai attracted significant attention at the auction and sold for $405,000.

Howard Gould filed a lawsuit, stating that he was the former owner of the domain and had properly renewed it ahead of the auction.

The auction transaction went through despite the pending lawsuit.

Following filing the initial suit, Gould never served the defendants. On Sunday, February 1, he filed with the court stating that he was voluntarily dismissing the suit.

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