Ok, it's from the Register, but still ....
Full story here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26957.html
Rakido
Two little-noticed and otherwise unremarkable decisions from the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, decided on 23 August 2002, now affirm a principle that is perhaps worrying for those 20 million or so .com domain name registrants who live outside the USA. The cases deal with the question of the geographical location of a domain name and which court can exercise jurisdiction over it.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26957.html
Rakido