The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an action brought under the Lanham Act by Scott Rigsby and the Scott Rigsby Foundation against GoDaddy Inc. et al., seeking declaratory and injunctive relief including return of
the domain name “scottrigsbyfoundation.org;” and dismissed Rigsby’s and the Foundation’s appeal of an order transferring venue.
When Rigsby and the Foundation failed to pay GoDaddy, a domain name registrar, the renewal fee for scottrigsbyfoundation.org, a third party registered the then available domain name and used it for a gambling information site.
(Scott Rigsby is a physically challenged athlete and motivational speaker who started the Scott Rigsby Foundation and registered the domain name “scottrigsbyfoundation.org” with GoDaddy.com in 2007.
When Rigsby and the Foundation failed to pay the annual renewal fee in 2018, allegedly a result of a glitch in GoDaddy.com’s billing, a third party registered the then available domain name. )
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the domain name “scottrigsbyfoundation.org;” and dismissed Rigsby’s and the Foundation’s appeal of an order transferring venue.
When Rigsby and the Foundation failed to pay GoDaddy, a domain name registrar, the renewal fee for scottrigsbyfoundation.org, a third party registered the then available domain name and used it for a gambling information site.
(Scott Rigsby is a physically challenged athlete and motivational speaker who started the Scott Rigsby Foundation and registered the domain name “scottrigsbyfoundation.org” with GoDaddy.com in 2007.
When Rigsby and the Foundation failed to pay the annual renewal fee in 2018, allegedly a result of a glitch in GoDaddy.com’s billing, a third party registered the then available domain name. )
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