Vice chancellor rules against adult publisher Penthouse over nine web addresses

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Delaware  Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery- Reeves  has ruled that adult publishing company Penthouse must turn over a few adult  domain names. The dispute arose over  nine of   1,000  web addresses  that were involved in the 2016  Penthouse assets by FriendFinder to a group headed by a Penthouse executive.

FriendFinder, an operator of dating and  video websites  acquired Penthouse,  a global adult publishing empire that fell on hard times in the digital age.

“I find that the stock purchase agreement provides an unambiguous standard for the identification of the domain names, and the parties operated under this agreement. The buyer is entitled to domain names associated with, used in, or material to its business at the time of closing, and the buyer has not presented evidence to show that the disputed domains fall under this category,” Montgomery-Reeves wrote.

Penthouse claimed nine of the websites were wrongly transferred to FriendFinder.  (See ruling  below for names).

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The ruling came after a three-day trial.

 Lawyers were  Robert W. Whetzel, Steven J. Fineman, Jason J. Rawnsley, and Selena E. Molina,  of Richards, Layton and Finger, Wilmington (plaintiffs), and  Stephen B. Brauerman and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard, PA, Wimington (defendant).

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