Frydman's lawyers say it is a landmark case.
Frydman is suing France to keep the domain name
and his business.
Jean-Noël Frydman lives in America but is French-born- he is a dual national.
Frydman asked Harvard to get involved
and help him win his legal battle that seemed to be mounting.
Over the years, Frydman refined the site,
making it more sophisticated and building up a good reputation and a faithful clientele.
The New York Times reported that Frydman worked hard over the past two decades to build
his business into a thriving entity.
In April 2018, Frydman filed a lawsuit citing France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the French Republic as defendants, as well as himself.
The situation was made worse by the fact that Frydman had previously worked hard with all the French
agencies to build up his business.
As reported,
they transferred ownership to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but they didn't inform Frydman in advance or offer him anything in compensation.