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Hope this isn't a dupe. Anyone else see this?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...com-from-man-whos-had-it-since-94-so-he-sues/
also
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/france-faces-lawsuit-seizing-france-235800160.html
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...com-from-man-whos-had-it-since-94-so-he-sues/
also
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/france-faces-lawsuit-seizing-france-235800160.html
France is taking on someone who was actively using a site -- and it may have crossed a line. The country is facing a federal-level US lawsuit from ex-pat Jean-Noël Frydman after it seized France.com from him in March. Frydman had been using the domain as a "digital kiosk" for France-loving Americans ever since he bought it in 1994 and had even partnered with French government agencies, but his homeland sued in 2015 as part of a bid to take control. While an appeals court ruled in September 2017 that France.com violated French trademark law, there was no warning ahead of the seizure from either France or Frydman's registrar Web.com.
The lawsuit accuses France of cybersquatting France.com and "reverse domain-name hijacking," among other allegations.