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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
Are all com/net/org domains considered to be US assets in such a case, or does it depend on where the registrar where you purchased them is located? I mean, that sorta seems like one can fire up any kind of completely frivolous lawsuit that has absolutely no merritt (or is just something that is a really weak case) and if the other party doesn't spend potentially 10s of thousands defending themselves against it from abroad by hiring US lawyers you can take their domains. Seems like there's a ton of room for abuse here, especially if the defendant cannot afford to defend themselves abroad. Does the losing party in the US at least have to pay the winners legal fees?
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Attachment of 248 .com and .net domains in Northern California to satisfy a judgement based on Verisign being located in San Francisco... they are also located in Virginia.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1509526.html
Verisign is actually the registrar for all US based domain names.. others are just resellers. It doesnt matter where the reseller is - Verisign is US based.
So Verisign is the important part of this puzzle not Godaddy or eNom or Moniker.
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/chann...ar/index.xhtml
In the US, its usually each party pays their own attorneys unless there is a contract between the parties that says loser pays or there is a statute that says loser pays.
As for billing companies - almost all credit card processing is based in the US and for the most part - all wire transfers touch US soil at some point.