As John said it depends. But Dell Computer managed to secure and enforce a
court order on VeriSign to lock out 3 offshore registrars as part of their suit.
Ayos lang.
I'll vouch for that. I recall an LLLL.com that expired but remained locked for 3
years (I think) due to a civil suit between its registrant and a 3rd party, both
of whom are in a country apart from the registrar.
I read they eventually settled, which included transferring the expired domain
name to them. It's in paid standing and under that 3rd party as of this post.
Thanks for the clarification on the jurisdiction in rem thing. I originally thought
of posting in_rem from Wikipedia, but I read it dealt with property and I didn't
want people bringing up that domains-property debate again.
So practically SDX can lose the domain name via court, depending on a couple
of things. At least one knows what to possibly expect, but still has to take it
on if they don't want to surely lose it.
Say, SDX, if you're really in California, try
Brett Fausett and
Derek Newman.
Who's the registrar to try narrowing your search also aside from John B?