Slipknot has voluntarily dismissed their patent infringement lawsuit against the Slipknot.com domain. The band originally filed the lawsuit under the federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and trademark infringement in October 2025, and is now dismissing the whole thing.
The band’s claims cited trademark infringement and alleged that the domain, registered in 2001, was being used to profit off the band’s name through pay-per-click links for concert tickets, merchandise, and VIP packages.
The lawsuit argued that visitors seeking official Slipknot content could be misled into believing the domain was affiliated with the band, potentially causing financial damages. However, the domain owner’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss, noting that Slipknot failed to properly serve the registrant within the court’s timeline. Slipknot subsequently filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, which was done without prejudice, meaning the band could potentially revive the claims in the future.
At the time of the filing, Slipknot‘s lawyers wrote in the lawsuit: “The domain name was registered in an effort to profit off of plaintiff’s goodwill and to trick unsuspecting visitors — under the impression they are visiting a website owned, operated or affiliated with plaintiff — into clicking on web searches and other sponsored links.”
“A fan of plaintiff or someone who otherwise wanted to purchase authorized Slipknot merchandise would undoubtedly visit the slipknot.com website assuming it belonged to plaintiff and then purchase the Slipknot merchandise linked to on the site, causing damages to plaintiff.”
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