Well actually that won't make any difference.  The registry is in the US
and that's good enough for the US courts to assert jurisdiction.

jon


>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:45:08 +1100
>To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>From: "Leefe Hicks" <wyvern&#167;tengutech.net>
>Subject: Re: [DNS] domain news
>
>
>At 10:29 PM +1100 21/11/02, David Goldstein wrote:
>>[snip]
>>Domain Name Wins Court Appeal
>>On 7th November 2002 a fresh decision was issued by the US
>>Court of Appeals concerning the Anti-cybersquatting
>>Consumer Protection Act or ACPA.
>>Regular readers of Demys News will recall that under this
>>Act it is possible for a US trademark holder to bring an
>>action not against a domain name registrant but against the
>>domain name itself. This means the registrant is
>>effectively brought into a US court even if he is domiciled
>>in another country. Demys last reported on this 'shepherd's
>>crook' effect of US jurisdiction in I'll see your domain
>>name in court!
>>  http://www.demys.net/news/02_nov_18_court.htm
>>[snip]
>
>Interesting article. I suppose the moral of this article is "Don't 
>use an American registrar".
>
>-- 
>Leefe Hicks - wyvern&#167;tengutech.net
>http://www.tengutech.net/wyvern/
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