Sex.com vs Verisign arguments from Tuesday
Good account of Tuesday's arguments in the Sex.com vs Verisign trial, during which a three-judge appellate court panel is trying to decide VeriSign's culpability in a fraudulent transfer of the domain seven years ago. Doesn't sound like things are going well for Verisign.
During Tuesday's hearing, the judges seemed to cast doubts on VeriSign's claims that it's not responsible for turning the name over to Cohen after receiving his forged letter.
Judge Alex Kozinski wondered how VeriSign's DNS database of domain names was any different from a stock certificate, which he said connects an owner with some property.
David Dolkas, an attorney at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, the firm representing VeriSign, said that if the judges were asking "is the DNS database somehow representative of an ownership right, the answer is no."
"Why not?" Kozinski replied. "Why isn't that exactly what it is?"
