There’s an extra wrinkle in that the eth.link name, originally registered with internet registrar and hosting company GoDaddy, was supposedly valid until July 2023, according to the ENS lawsuit. Allegedly, GoDaddy “unilaterally” determined the domain had expired after it was not renewed in July 2022, a year before its actual expiration, and unlawfully sold it to Dynadot that September.
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