ICANN taking away a domain name is not entirely possible, Not unless your domain is associate with scams or spreading viruses and malware they can suspend your domain anytime.
Maybe what happen here is their domain registrar from New Zealand sold their domain to other customers that why i always stick to the known registrar when it comes to domain.
The domain register cant just sell the domain to other clients. Universa net in USA had sue universa blockchain for infringement. You can read the law suits on the net, its not the first time lawsuit has been brought forward in connection to universa or Alexander Borodich. The effect of this can be seen on the price and the partnerships that had been made almost made 2 years ago dont exist today . Everyone including John Mcafee went on theirs own way. Stuck here with this useless tokens.
Not their fault that the court decided to take away their domain. Universa registered it earlier but since it was in the US and the company is also of US origin, the decision was made not in their favor. But who cares if that didn't affect the project in any negative way. On the contrary, it turned out to be beneficial for the project because they no longer depend on ICANN.