- ENS sued GoDaddy for breaching the contract.
The Ethereum Name Service announced on 18th September Sunday that it has regained control of the Eth.link domain names after winning an injunction in its case against domain provider GoDaddy.
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) is a subsidiary firm of True Names Ltd and the previous Eth. link owner Virgil Griffith lodged a case against GoDaddy, Dynadot, and Manifold Finance at the beginning of September. GoDaddy allegedly transferred the ENS’s Eth. link name to domain name registrar Dynadot before its expiration date and put the name up for auction in what the ENS called a “breach of contract” that broke a contract to”respect,acknowledge,and protect” the Eth. link name.
Ethereum Name Service operates Eth.link domains to link “.eth” domain users to develop a viewable website with their ENS names and make it unrestricted from a standard browser. Losing access to the Eth. link domain disrupts the service for ENS and its users.
Although the problem was prevented, the judge of the U.S district, who is also in charge of the case, granted ENS’s request for an injunction and demanded that the Eth. link name is returned, reviving Eth. link services.
On 18th September, Sunday, Ethereum Name Service posted on its official Twitter handle, “Our injunction was successful and the name has been returned to us.”
Source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2022/09/20/ethereum-name-serviceens-regains-control-of-eth-link-domain/