{"id":252744,"date":"2026-01-23T01:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/252744\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:35:06","slug":"slipknot-drop-cybersquatting-lawsuit-against-domain-slipknot-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/252744\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot drop cybersquatting lawsuit against domain Slipknot.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/domainnamewire.com\/2026\/01\/22\/heavy-metal-band-slipknot-dismisses-lawsuit-over-slipknot-com-domain\/\"> Domain Name Wire<\/a>, Slipknot have voluntarily dismissed the patent and trademark infringement lawsuit they filed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/lambgoat.com\/news\/50067\/slipknot-file-lawsuit-against-slipknotcom-cybersquatter\/\">last fall against the Slipknot.com domain<\/a>, which alleged cybersquatting under the federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.<\/p>\n<p>The suit claimed the Slipknot.com domain was registered in 2001, several years after the band formed, and was being used to profit from the group&#8217;s name via pay-per-click ads for concert tickets, merchandise, and VIP packages. Slipknot have long operated their official site under Slipknot1.com.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, attorneys for the domain&#8217;s owner moved to dismiss the case, arguing Slipknot failed to properly serve the registrant within the court&#8217;s required timeframe. The following day, the band filed a notice of voluntary dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal was entered without prejudice, leaving the door open for Slipknot to refile the claims at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Domain Name Wire, Slipknot have voluntarily dismissed the patent and trademark infringement lawsuit they filed last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,17806,85,46,51912,6158,409,43,57785],"class_list":{"0":"post-252744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-hardcore","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-lambgoat","13":"tag-metal","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-slipknot"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}