Does your client have a trademark? Without one I think they may be S.O.L. unfortunately. There only other recourse may be to go after the old hosting company for damages (but not the domain)
I'm not a lawyer though. -mark On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > Mark Jeftovic wrote: > > > > Out of curiosity, how did your client let the domain lapse? > > Due to a dispute with their former hosting company, they essentially > lost the ability to use the domain. The e-mail address for the admin > contact was in that domain (i.e. disputed-domain.com with admin contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) so the domain couldn't easily be transferred. > My client registered an alternate name and began using that but there > are several sites that still link to the old domain (including one of > their own sites, until recently). Once my client discovered the current > use of the domain they decided to do whatever necessary to get their old > domain name back. We've contacted the current registrant, hosting > company, and registrar and have basically got either no response or > "there's nothing we can do." > -- mark jeftovic http://www.easydns.com http://mark.jeftovic.net
