A question

[dmi]

Hi there,

I've got a little question for you guys... Let me explain the situation. Someone registered a domain name (let's call it SOMENAME.COM) in 2002. I remember that very well. They registered it for 10 years (expiry in 2012). After a year, ICANN (or the registrar) found out that they used stolen credit cards to do that... and they dropped the domain. Someone picked it up... I checked the WHOIS on several occasions (in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and it was owned by the same guy and it's expiry date was in 2012.

I contacted the guy to inquire about it, and he was asking too much for it. Anyway, in August I went to do a WHOIS and I was surprised -- the domain is available for registration! I regged it right away... and it's mine now. But what I was wondering is how it dropped when it's expiry date was in 2012???

I hope you understand what I'm asking.

Thanks in advance,
dmi

 

[weblord]

forced drop or forced transfer could be the answer since you said it was obtained by Illegal means
http://www.answers.com/topic/domain-name

 

[dmi]

forced drop or forced transfer could be the answer since you said it was obtained by Illegal means
http://www.answers.com/topic/domain-name

It was obtained ilegally the first time, but the second time it wasn't (I guess). The same guy owned it for like 5 years and then it suddenly dropped.

 

[weblord]

at any point registrar can intervene, orig. owner didn't own in the first place.
maybe a premium member of domaintools.com can help you specifically do a domain research on it in detail.

It was obtained ilegally the first time, but the second time it wasn't (I guess). The same guy owned it for like 5 years and then it suddenly dropped.

 

[duodec]

It was obtained ilegally the first time, but the second time it wasn't (I guess). The same guy owned it for like 5 years and then it suddenly dropped.

Any chance there was a trademark issue with the name? That could have caused the registrant to drop/cancel it also.

 

[R9V.com]

if you look in the legal issues of this forum - these is a thread about a site where you can search to see if a domain has had any legal issues at any point...

 

[soggyindo]

false whois details?