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

Sander and all,

  I can only guess that the resolution is in whom these IP addresses
were originally assinged to and if when that company was bought
by Real Hosting that that sale included the IP addresses as the
actual property of the seller, which is or should be unlikely.

Sander Steffann wrote:

> 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

Regards,

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