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Lawsuit to recover Inch.com domain name — ISP files

Firm alleges that Inch.com and Siteline.com are stolen.

A Fresh York internet service provider has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover Inch.com and Siteline.com, which it states are stolen domain names that the firm registered in 1995.

Internet Channel Corp. filed the in rem lawsuit in Virginia the prior week. It notes that Inch.com still resolves to a website regarding its business.

The domains have an interesting history. The historical Whois records at DomainTools change from Internet Channel to Thorn Communications in 2006.

I can’t find much information regarding Thorn Communications, but a Yelp review states that the firm is non-responsive. The phone number on its website doesn’t work. And the firm’s landlord won a judgment against it.

Thorn is an outsourced IT shop, so these domains might be stuck in limbo.

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