Opinion
Civil Action 1:22-cv-1002
12-14-2022
BLACKROCK, INC., Plaintiff, v. BALCKROCK.COM, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
T S. Ellis, III United States District Judge.
On November 18, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson entered the Proposed Findings of Fact and Recommendations (the "Report") in this case, recommending that default judgment be entered in favor of Plaintiff BlackRock, Inc. and against the defendant domain names on Count T of the Complaint.
As Judge Anderson sets forth in his Report, tbe Complaint names 39 defendant domain names, but the domain narrows BLACKROCKCRVPTOBANK.COM and BALCKROCK.COM were transferred to plaintiff and voluntarily dismissed as defendants without prejudice. See Report at I n.l.
Upon consideration of the record and Judge Anderson's Report, to which no objections have been filed, and having found no clear error;
See Diamondv. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 3JO, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (in the absence ofany objections to a magistrate's report, the court "need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must 'only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation."').
The Court ADOPTS, as its own, the findings of fact and recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge, as set forth in the Report (Dkt. 19).
Accordingly, It is hereby ORDERED that plaintiffs' motion for default judgment (0kt. 15) is GRANTED.
It is further ORDERED that DEFAULT JUDGMENT be entered in favor of Plaintiffs and against Defendant on Count I of the Complaint.
It is further ORDERED that Count II of the Complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
It is further ORDERED that Verisign, Inc. and Public Interest Registry, as the registries for the following domain names, are DIRECTED to change the registrars of record for the following defendant domain names to CSC Corporate Oomains, Inc. and that CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. is DIRECTED to take all necessary steps to have BlackRock, Inc. listed as the registrant for the following defendant domain names:
• BLACKROCKTNVESTMENTS.COM
• BLACKROCKINVESTORS.COM
• BLACKROCKBANK.COM
• BLACKROCKFINANCIALCORP.COM
• BLACKROCKMONEY.COM
• BLACKROCKEQUITYPARTNER.COM
• BLACKROCKFlINDING.COM
• BLACKROCKHOLDINGTNVESTMENTS.COM
• BLACKROCKBANKS.COM
• BLACKROCKTRADELLP.COM
• BLACKROCK-PSA.COM
• BLACKROCK-TNVESTMENT.COM
• BLACKROCKBITCOIN.COM
• BLACKROCKUKINVESTMENT.COM
• BLACKROCKCAPITALSOLUTIONSLLC.COM
• BLOCKROCKCAPITAL.COM
• BLACKROCK-FUND.COM
• BLACKROCKBROKER.COM
• BLACKROCKBROKERAGEFIRM.COM
• BLACKROCK.NET
• MYBLACKROCKISHARES.COM
• BLACK-ROCK-INVEST.COM
• BLACKROCKINESTMENTSGROUP.COM
• BLACKSOCK-INVEST.COM
• FUNDBLACKROCK.COM
• BLACKROCKFINANClALADVISERS.COM
• BLACKROCKFlNANCIALADVISORS.COM
• BLACKROCKLOAN.COM
• BLACK.ROCK-STOCK.COM
• BLACK.ROCKE.COM
• BLACKROCKDIGITALASSETS.COM
• BLACKROCKJNVEST.ORG
• BLACKRPCK.COM
• BLACKROCK-INVEST.COM
• BLACKROK.COM
• BLACKROCKGLOBALINVESTMENT.COM
• BLACKROCKVESTMENT.COM
The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter Rule 58 judgment against Defendants and in favor of Plaintiff.
The Clerk is further directed to provide a copy of this Order to all counsel of record, to Defendant's last known addresses of record, and to place this matter among the ended causes.