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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by Shamu on Saturday December 11, 2021 @11:54AM (#29522280)
> (in particular they could sue you in a location where the cost of travel would be expensive and if you ignored it they get a default judgement, or sue you in both state & federal courts for slightly different things and drown you in legal costs)

"This past June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs cannot sue companies in a state where they may do business, but do not have significant connections to that state."

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California (BMS)

https://www.andruswagstaff.com/blog/supreme-court-rules-plai...

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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by throwawayHN378 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @12:00PM (#29522332)
If I’m not mistaken the lawsuit can be filed but you can win a challenge to jurisdiction. But in order to challenge jurisdiction you need to hire a bar certified attorney in that jurisdiction… thus defeating the point
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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by voakbasda on Saturday December 11, 2021 @12:26PM (#29522577)
Conclusion: only the lawyers ever win.
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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by emteycz on Saturday December 11, 2021 @01:56PM (#29523284)
Huh, you can't defend yourself?
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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by wyldfire on Saturday December 11, 2021 @02:19PM (#29523449)
Yes, you can. But then you'd need to appear...

obtw there's serious risk of trying to defend a suit yourself. Maybe the judge would take pity on you and grant a continuance for you to find counsel.

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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by gambiting on Saturday December 11, 2021 @02:33PM (#29523543)
So what would happen if an American company that owns the .net domain sued me, a Polish citizen, who owns a .com domain, for that domain? My contract for the domain is with a Polish provider, surely it would have to go through a Polish court, no?
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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by ev1 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @11:38PM (#29527194)
I'm under the impression that all .com is US jurisdiction, considering that they trivially seize them and VeriSign/the owner of the .com registry is a US company
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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by yumraj on Saturday December 11, 2021 @03:30PM (#29524001)
OP used the word "Solicitor" so am assuming they are not in the US.
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Re:Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked m... by DonHopkins on Saturday December 11, 2021 @06:31PM (#29525333)
Or he could be a boy scout.

"Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price." -Tom Lehrer, Be Prepared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkrheaWuShU

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