Cable News Network L.P. v. CNNews.com
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
162 F. Supp. 2d 484 (2001)
CNN (plaintiff), owner of the famous CNN trademark, discovered that a Chinese company, Maya (defendant), had registered cnnews.com through a registry located in Virginia; when Maya refused CNN's request to change the domain, CNN brought an in rem action under the ACPA in Virginia federal court. Maya argued the court lacked jurisdiction absent proof of bad faith and minimum contacts with Virginia, noting 99.5% of its users were in China and likely unfamiliar with CNN.
Whether a court exercising in rem jurisdiction over a domain name under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act must find that the allegedly infringing registrant has minimum contacts with the forum.