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To recover EQN.com domain name — Lawsuit filed

To recover EQN.com domain name — Lawsuit filed

Domain was stolen in 2016, as stated by lawsuit.

A California firm has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the domain name EQN.com, which it states was stolen from its Enom account.

Blackshore Properties, Inc. of San Marino, California purchased EQN.com in a NameJet auction in 2011 for $4,950.

As stated by DomainTools historical Whois records, the domain name was transferred to a Chinese registrant at domain registrar 22.cn between May 5, 2016 and September 23, 2016. The lawsuit alleges that this transfer was theft.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia where .com registry Verisign is located. Assuming no one shows up to defend the in rem lawsuit, the just will likely enter an order of default judgment and order Verisign to transfer the domain name.

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