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The con-man who stole the most valuable domain name in the world, Sex.com, has been arrested by Mexican police and handed over to US agents after nearly six years on the run. Stephen Michael Cohen was arrested on an immigration violation by Mexican authorities and turned over to the US border patrol yesterday, the LA Times has reported. Cohen is being held without bail at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego, according to deputy marshal Tania Tyler of the US immigration service. Cohen is wanted in the US for failure to pay $65m in a court judgement reached in...

California's highest court will finally hear the high-profile case of who owns the rights to the Sex.com domain. The Ninth U.S. Circuit of Appeals in San Francisco Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to intervene and decide whether a domain name is property that can be converted as well as guidance to assess damages estimated at $100 million. The six-year battle over one of the Internet's most highly desired domain names involves founder and CEO of Sex.Com Gary Kremen, VeriSign (Quote, Company Info), formerly Network Solutions (NSI), and Stephen Michael Cohen. But more than simple case of dot-com claim jumping,...