September 28 - Bodog, the online casino, sportsbook and poker
giant will apparently challenge the rulings made against them in a Nevada court
last month. The ruling resulted in a default judgment and Bodog lost its domain
name and was slapped with a $48 million fine.
1st Technology claimed $48 million in "damages" and as Bodog did not turn up
for the court case, a default judgment was handed down. The patent in question
is called the 'Method and System for
Interactively Transmitting Multimedia Information over a Network Which Requires
a Reduced Bandwidth while operating in the US'. There has been wide spread
speculation over the assistance from the US DoJ in this case, as it makes
further moves to take action against offshore gaming companies targeting US
customers.
Calvin Ayre, Bodog's Canadian founder and CEO, said that Bodog Entertainment SA,
as a Costa Rican company has no physical presence in the USA nor does it hold
any assets there.
The Bodog.com domain name was seized as an asset, and Ayre argues that a
domain name is not an asset under patent law and that the domains held by his
company were held on behalf of other entities. He further argues that domain names are a part of the world community
according to the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which places in doubt whether or not they could be
seized..
Bodog's primary defense however will be that it was not
properly served on in the Nevada, which will result in the default judgment
being invalid, and which will no doubt result in a few red faces.
Ayre stated that nobody in or related to Bodog got served by the Nevada
authorities.
We continue to monitor the case.
Read our
Bodog Casino Review and
Bodog Sportsbook Review. Bodog is one of our
recommended sportsbooks for NFL
Betting.
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