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Intellectual Property

Dec. 9, 2011

Government faces setbacks in domain name seizure cases

The battles over government seizure of domain names have taken different turns in two separate cases.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The battles over government seizure of domain names have taken different turns in two separate cases.

The federal government has returned the domain name of Dajaz1.com, a hip hop blog, which it seized over a year ago as part of its campaign against Internet piracy. Andrew P. Bridges, a San Francisco-based partner with Fenwick & West LLP who represents Dajaz1, said the site was unlocked Thursday morning after federal prosec...

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