[dazc]

I have recently received a subpoena from 'the other side of the world' regarding a domain I registered recently.

It seems the domain in question was one of many involved in IP infringement against a global fashion brand long before I came along. A simple check of registrar data would confirm I have f all to do with this.

Either some big law firm knows different from you or are just scamming their client? Surely this can not be the case?

[dmurray]

I don't think much of the technical or moral chops of big law firms involved in the intellectual property game, but this seems reasonable to me.

The site was being used to do some bad thing to their clients, they're justified in assuming the current owner might know something about it. Changing registrars and WHOIS info is exactly the kind of thing a shady site might do to throw off investigation. If you're fortunate, you'll at least get your reply read by someone who can understand the plain English of "it wasn't me, I bought the site since then" and doing a bit of research to cross check that.