Domain Names Are Property - The Kremen v. Cohen Case

For the past decade, I have been engaged in representing the owners of Internet domain names.  I entered into the field in 1999, when domain names were first recognized as valuable assets.   Even though common sense indicated that domain names were valuable property, in the Kremen v. Cohen case, I was one of the first lawyers to tackle the issue in court.  I pioneered the legal theory that domains are intangible personal property under the law of California, and prevailed on that claim in Federal court, turning my client into a millionaire, and establishing the legal principle that domain names may be recovered under the tort theory of “conversion.”  The full story of the case is told in my book, The Sex.Com Chronicles, A White-hat Lawyer’s Journey to the Dark Side of the Internet.

CRS Recovery v. Laxton, the RL.Com Case

Relying on the Kremen v. Cohen precedent, I’ve worked steadily in the domain name recovery field, most recently recovering RL.Com in 2008 pursuant to an order issued on Summary Judgment for my clients on the conversion theory by District Judge Claudia Wilken.  In the RL.Com case, I represented Dale Mayberry, the original registrant of the RL.Com domain, and Richard Lau’s company, CRS Recovery, Inc. that purchased the rights to recover the stolen domain.  The case seemed complicated, because RL.Com had been stolen by a hacker in China, sold to a digital “fence” in India, and purchased by John Laxton, a real estate broker in California.

Other Domain Litigation

In addition to RL.Com, I have recovered Hardcore.com and Milfhunters.com in Federal litigation in the Northern District of California and the District of Oregon, respectively.  I have also defended the owners of domains including Kazaalite.com and Arthrostim.com from UDRP proceedings and US District Court lawsuits.  I think I am on safe ground when I state that I am uniquely qualified to conduct domain name litigation in Federal Court.

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