[address-policy-wg] Conflict over right to use IP addresses in The Netherlands

At 10:38 AM 12-03-08 +0100, Sander Steffann wrote:

If the RIPE (and other RIR) documentation on IP allocation where to be 
clear on these type of matters, these issues would not reach court.

-Hank

>Hi,
>
>FYI: There is a conflict in The Netherlands about who can use certain
>IP addresses.
>
>When the company DIS Hosting went bankrupt, they were bought by Real
>Hosting. Real Hosting is now the holder of the IP blocks previously
>used by DIS Hosting. Now it turns out that another company,
>Fiberworld, is using IP space from this block... Real Hosting and
>Fiberworld could not come to an agreement about the ownership /
>transfer of those IP addresses, so Fiberworld started a lawsuit. A
>judge has ruled that Fiberworld must be allowed the use of the IP
>addresses for 30 days, so they have time to prove they have the right
>to use those addresses.
>
>An article about this (in Dutch): 
>http://www.ispam.nl/archives/1703/rechtszaak-om-ip-adressen-van-dis-hosting/
>
>- Sander