ENS wins lawsuit over GoDaddy, regains ownership over eth.link

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Griffith along with the ENS team sued GoDaddy for violating the contract laws stated by the domain name service provider by unfairly listing the domain name for auction as reported by NFTStudio24.

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The lawsuit was heard in court and the result came back with Griffith winning the case. Now, the domain name has officially been transferred back to the previous owner by Manifold Finance.

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