Lawsuit against alleged cybersquatter — LoanDepot.com files
Firm has by now won two UDRPs against the defendant.
What do you do following winning two UDRPs against a cybersquatter, but the cybersquatter continues to register infringing domains?
That’s the challenge LoanDepot.com is facing. It has decided to take the matter to court.
The firm filed a lawsuit (pdf) in California against Moirangthem Birbanta, a man residing in India.
As stated by LoanDepot.com, the man uses domain names similar to LoanDepot.com to dupe people into a loan scam. The scam asks people seeking loans to load money onto gift cards in order to receive their loan.
LoanDepot.com won two UDRPs against Birbanta so far this year. Of course, there are no penalties for losing a UDRP. So it is upping the ante through the lawsuit.
It seems that the biggest challenge may be getting jurisdiction over the defendant.
