Augusta National Domain Dispute Transferred From Georgia To Arizona

Mealey's (April 30, 2018, 8:35 AM EDT) -- AUGUSTA, Ga. — In light of a procedural rule of the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN) and the first-filed rule, a Georgia federal judge on April 25 transferred an internet domain dispute between Augusta National Inc. golf club and an auction website operator to Arizona federal court to be consolidated with an almost identical suit between the same parties (Green Jacket Auctions Inc., et al. v. Augusta National Inc., No. 1:18-cv-00008, S.D. Ga., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69680)....