CRS Recovery, Inc. v. Laxton

MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

This case requires application of traditional choice-of-law, tort, and property principles to an increasingly common factual setting, a dispute over the ownership of an Internet domain name. John Laxton *1140(“Laxton”) and his assignee North Bay Real Estate, Inc. appeal the adverse summary judgment for Dale Mayberry (“May-berry”) and his assignee CRS Recovery, Inc. (“CRS”). The district court was correct to apply California law, but we find disputed issues of material fact and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Background Facts

On July 23, 1995, Mayberry, a citizen of…