Slipknot Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against Alleged Cybersquatters

Co-counsel for the rock band Slipknot filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia seeking damages and a court order to transfer the unauthorized slipknot.com domain name to the platinum-recording band that has sold more than 30 million records since its founding in 1995.

  • Platinum-recording band Slipknot seeks a permanent injunction to stop unknown entities from using the slipknot.com domain name.
  • Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi and local counsel Craig C. Reilly represent plaintiff band Slipknot.
  • Reilly is a longtime Virginia State Bar member best known for his local representation of Google.

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