Hi Thomas,
There is precedent in national courts treating IP addresses as attachable assets (e.g. Amtsgericht Hamburg, case 67a M 93/19, and OLG Wien, case 3 R 195/14y). The difficulty is that RIPE NCC, under Dutch law, considers them contractual “rights of use” and will only act on a Dutch court order.
In practice, creditors either secure a voluntary transfer from the debtor or go through proceedings in the Netherlands. Without that, RIPE will not execute a garnishment.
Best regards,
Lars Grønlund
GITC ApS · www.gitc.dk