[gwright]

There is an inherent conflict with the idea that global top level domains (GTLDs) can be effectively managed without a matching global legal jurisdiction, which of course doesn't exist and won't exist anytime soon.

Using country code domains exclusively would have aligned the domain namespace with real-world legal jurisdictions and simplified or at least 'localized' these sorts of disputes.

In this alternate world you could still have domain mismanagement but it would exist in a scope that could be addressed within existing legal and political boundaries.

The existing situation with GTLDs, ICANN, and conflicting legal jurisdictions is a gordian knot.