Hi Everyone:

As many of you know, Two Plus Two has been in an ongoing legal battle against professional poker player Dutch Boyd who registered the domain name TWOPLUSTWOPOKER.COM without our knowledge or permission, and attempted to profit from it. After several unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with Boyd in good faith, we had no choice but to file suit against him. We don’t enjoy litigation, but in this case it was necessary to protect our name and brand.

More than two years ago, in March of 2012, the United States District Court agreed with our position and granted summary judgment against Boyd, awarding Two Plus Two statutory damages and attorney’s fees for Boyd’s violation of the federal anti-cybersquatting act. Boyd then appealed the District Court’s ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and challenged the judgment on several different grounds.

Last week, the Ninth Circuit upheld Two Plus Two’s judgment in full, agreeing with the District Court that Boyd’s actions were wrongful and that Boyd acted in bad faith in registering the domain name at issue. The Ninth Circuit also confirmed that Boyd’s registration was willful and deliberate, and therefore that the award of Two Plus Two’s attorney’s fees was proper.

We are very pleased with the Ninth Circuit’s decision and thankful that after several years (and barring any further appeals by Boyd) it looks like this lawsuit is finally over.

Best wishes,

Mason Malmuth
Owner and Publisher
Two Plus Two Interactive LLC
www.twoplustwo.com

Congrats!

Hi Everyone:

This is part of the court's statement:

Best wishes,
Mason

Wonder if this case will be in his book.

congrats guys

trip to rhino this summer on you??


actually nah, i owe you mason, rhino adventure on me

Guess that Kickstarter money has a new use now..

Do you actually think you'll get the money? Boyd will try to scum his way out of not paying it somehow?

JUSTICE

didnt boyd say recently he couldnt even get a job at mcdonalds due to his past

I'm sure that DutchBoyd won't pay; that's pretty much in keeping with how he rolls. I'm very glad, though, that 2+2 was victorious.

2+2 will never see the money.

Dutch Boyd RULES!

FQ the system!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

So what happens to the URL Mason?

Good news and the correct judgement. Cheers.

surprised dutch got lawyers to even appeal this considering everyone knows he won't pay them either

I'm guessing he represented himself. I remember something about him being a law student at one point.

lol dutch boyd

Looking forward to seeing how the Supreme Court rules on this.

Excellent news, Boyd is such a scumbag.

Congrats on the win! I have to wonder why/how Dutch Boyd ever thought that he could get away with something like this. Certainly seems like clear cut cybersquatting to me.

Lee

This is correct. Boyd filed pro se.

I just bought 2+2poker.com, See ya in 4 years!

Sure, but only because Boyd will be busto for the rest of his natural life.

Plan TAKE-OVER-THE-WORLD proceeding apace.

If I may ask, how many "zeros" were included in the negotiation offers to Boyd?