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Pinterest Wins $7.2M and Injunction Against Cybersquatter

18 points by khadim 13y ago

huhtenberg 13y ago
> A San Francisco judge awarded Pinterest $7.2 million in damages and legal fees ... against Qian Jin, a Chinese cybersquatter Uhm... so that's a US judge awarding damages against a Chinese person. What does this translates to practically speaking? This guy won't be able to enter the US. What else? Will it be up to the domain registrar to comply with the US court decision? What if the registrar is not US-based?
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  - chrismonsanto 13y ago
    The domains were impersonating pinterest. Perhaps the damages factored in lost traffic and damage to the brand.
    - belorn 13y ago
      Not really impersonation, but trademark dilution. Pinterest argues that their mark is famous and instantly recognizable brand name, which gives them extra trademark protection against infringement.
- icebraining 13y ago
  They're .com addresses, supposedly the court can get Verisign to pull them. http://blog.easydns.org/2012/02/29/verisign-seizes-com-domain-registered-via-foreign-registrar-on-behalf-of-us-authorities/ http://blog.easydns.org/2012/02/29/verisign-seizes-com-domai...
mahranch 13y ago
It says "Order granting default judgement", does that mean that the guy didn't show up or have an attorney present to represent him? That sounds like he didn't try fighting the suit and Pinterest won by default (same thing happens civil suits when the defendant pulls a no-show).
- tikhonj 13y ago
  Exactly. From the article: "since the defendant didn’t even respond to the complaint, it’s not exactly clear whether he will pay up." So not only is this a default judgement, but the $7.2 million will probably never materialize because the defendant is in China. However, I'm guessing that Pinterest will get control over the domains (which, to them, is probably more important) because the registrars are US-based.
- md2be 13y ago
  Motion to vacate default judgement is a possibility. Cybersquatting? This guy has a gambling site?
Honigdachs 13y ago
Seems like the defendant is just a "shell company". Qian Jin in Chinese is 金钱, or gold.
mil4n 13y ago
there you go... Who owns The Switch?

18 points by khadim 13y ago

> A San Francisco judge awarded Pinterest $7.2 million in damages and legal fees ... against Qian Jin, a Chinese cybersquatter Uhm... so that's a US judge awarding damages against a Chinese person. What does this translates to practically speaking? This guy won't be able to enter the US. What else? Will it be up to the domain registrar to comply with the US court decision? What if the registrar is not US-based?

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- chrismonsanto 13y ago
  The domains were impersonating pinterest. Perhaps the damages factored in lost traffic and damage to the brand.
  - belorn 13y ago
    Not really impersonation, but trademark dilution. Pinterest argues that their mark is famous and instantly recognizable brand name, which gives them extra trademark protection against infringement.
icebraining 13y ago
They're .com addresses, supposedly the court can get Verisign to pull them. http://blog.easydns.org/2012/02/29/verisign-seizes-com-domain-registered-via-foreign-registrar-on-behalf-of-us-authorities/ http://blog.easydns.org/2012/02/29/verisign-seizes-com-domai...

mahranch 13y ago

It says "Order granting default judgement", does that mean that the guy didn't show up or have an attorney present to represent him? That sounds like he didn't try fighting the suit and Pinterest won by default (same thing happens civil suits when the defendant pulls a no-show).

tikhonj 13y ago
Exactly. From the article: "since the defendant didn’t even respond to the complaint, it’s not exactly clear whether he will pay up." So not only is this a default judgement, but the $7.2 million will probably never materialize because the defendant is in China. However, I'm guessing that Pinterest will get control over the domains (which, to them, is probably more important) because the registrars are US-based.
md2be 13y ago
Motion to vacate default judgement is a possibility. Cybersquatting? This guy has a gambling site?

Honigdachs 13y ago

Seems like the defendant is just a "shell company". Qian Jin in Chinese is 金钱, or gold.

mil4n 13y ago

there you go... Who owns The Switch?