Trellian and their sister company Above.com have announced that they have bought the DomainState Forum, one of the oldest Domain Name Forums in the industry for an undisclosed price from the three owners. Trellian also owns and operates the Keywordiscovery.com service, which allows you to predict search volumes for specific keywords. The company announced the purchase on their blog and stated that they would update the look and add some additional features.

As reported earlier, Verizon sued Navigation Catalyst and the Basic Fusion registrar for cybersquatting. As part of this lawsuit, it has been reported elsewhere that the domain forum TMFor.com has been subpoenaed by Verizon’s lawyers. The items subpoenaed include identifying information for each and every user of the forum.

According to DomainNews, the article goes on to say that TMFor denies any connection to Navigation Catalyst and Basic Fusion and has hired an attorney.  The article states that the forum was moved to BonkersTwo.com, however that domain now redirects to TMFor.com. Read more after the jump. (more…)