As previously discussed on Domain News, Verizon has sued domainer Navigation Catalyst and registrar Basic Fusion for cybersquatting. As part of this lawsuit, the domain forum, TMFor.com has had a number of documents and information subpoenaed by the lawyers for Verizon. A number of items were subpoenaed, including the identifying information for each member or participant of the forum.
It is not clear what the relevance of this information is to the case, and TMFor.com specifically denies any association with Navigation Catalyst and Basic Fusion. For now, they have moved the forum to BonkersTwo and hired an attorney to quash the subpoena.
This move highlights the legal risks domain forums are taking in allowing their members to trade publicly in blatant trademark domains.
Jeff Behrendt