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by throwawayHN378 1648 days ago
If I’m not mistaken the lawsuit can be filed but you can win a challenge to jurisdiction. But in order to challenge jurisdiction you need to hire a bar certified attorney in that jurisdiction… thus defeating the point
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Conclusion: only the lawyers ever win.
Huh, you can't defend yourself?
Yes, you can. But then you'd need to appear...

obtw there's serious risk of trying to defend a suit yourself. Maybe the judge would take pity on you and grant a continuance for you to find counsel.

So what would happen if an American company that owns the .net domain sued me, a Polish citizen, who owns a .com domain, for that domain? My contract for the domain is with a Polish provider, surely it would have to go through a Polish court, no?
I'm under the impression that all .com is US jurisdiction, considering that they trivially seize them and VeriSign/the owner of the .com registry is a US company