McAfee Wants Lead Counsel to Attend May 9 Cybersquattng Hearing Remotely

McAfee asks that its lead counsel attend a May 9 hearing remotely on McAfee’s motion to dismiss plaintiff James Linlor’s cybersquatting complaint and Linlor’s motion to transfer the case to Delaware (see 2304130032), said its administrative motion Monday (docket 5:23-cv-00385) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. Lead counsel for McAfee, Shannon Teicher and Devanshi Somaya of Jackson Walker, are based in Dallas, said the motion. Somaya is unable to travel to California for medical reasons. Teicher will be available to attend the hearing in person if the court denies the motion. Local counsel for McAfee will attend the hearing in person, it said. Linlor alleges McAfee is cybersquatting on his cyberguard.com internet domain name and preventing him from pursuing a similarly named cybersecurity consultancy. McAfee maintains it isn’t the proper defendant for Linlor’s claims because it sold the domain to Musarubra in July 2021 as part of its strategy to divest all its enterprise businesses and concentrate on cybersecurity protection for consumers.