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Second Court Case for Bodog

With a multi-million dollar judgment in favor of 1st Technology, Bodog is surprisingly unresponsive to court rulings. 1st Technology sued Bodog Entertainment Gambling Group last year on charges of patent infringement. And when Bodog, operated out of the online casino jurisdiction of Antigua, failed to respond to the $49 million awarded in damages to 1st Technology, the case was then taken to a higher court in Washington for further enforcement. The offshore online casinos industry is no longer legal in the U.S., but this began prior to the implementation of the internet gambling ban.

Bodog initially lost the patent infringement suit because of failure to show at the trial. That no-show indicated that the online casino gambling group had little regard for the case, or perhaps the ability of the U.S. government to enforce any rulings against Bodog. Bodog online casino gambling group was given a March 2007 deadline to pay the damages to 1st Technology.

And as that day came and passed, 1st Technology took the case to Washington State for enforcement. Once again though the online casinos gambling group Bodog showed little concern for the court case – and once again the court ruled significantly in favor of 1st Technology. Since the court could not force Bodog online casino gambling group to pay the $49 million, instead it transferred Bodog’s domain names over to 1st Technology.

Not surprisingly, the Washington court ruling caused Bodog to take notice of the case and take action. Reports indicate that the online casinos gambling group Bodog and 1st Technology are currently in negotiations. To that end, Judge Erlick ruled, "The Court makes it clear that the intent of this order is to allow the Plaintiff to liquidate or otherwise monetize the Domain Names without incurring any expense. Plaintiff may decide not to auction the domain names, and instead may operate the Domain Names in any manner it sees fit, including exploiting any traffic to the sites accessible via the domain names."

A lawyer at 1st Technology, Venkat Balasubramani, commented on Bodog not appearing at the court dates. He notes, "I can't speculate as to why they might have done that. It's safe to assume they knew about it and definitely ignored it."