Groupon sues Australian group buying website for registering domain name

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Beijing time January 5 Morning news, the United States Group purchase website Groupon announced in the official blog, has sued Australia Group buy clone website Scoopon, because the site malicious Groupon.com.au domain name and trademarks. The lawsuit will be commenced in an Australian court on February 4, during which Groupon will be buying in Australia in the name of Stardeals.

"We've documented the rise of Groupon clones around the world," said Andrew Marson, a Groupon CEO. Among them, an Australian website called Scoopon makes our days in Australia very difficult. Scoopon not only started their Groupon cloning site, but also bought Groupon.com.au domain names, registered Groupon's company name, and even tried to register Groupon trademarks in Australia (7 days earlier than us). ”

He said: "In our view, this is a typical case of malicious preemptive domain name." As Groupon's international profile increases, domain speculators around the world are buying local Groupon domain names, thinking that we will eventually buy them back from them at sky-high prices. In fact, we did it at first. We reluctantly submitted to scoopon the Groupon.com.au domain name and trademark 286,000 dollar purchase price, they also accepted this offer. Now, however, they have changed their minds and asked us to buy the entire company, or refuse to sell the domain names and trademarks of Scoopon. We were forced to sue Scoopon and sue them for maliciously registering Groupon trademarks. ”

Groupon is also suing Scoopon's founder in the US Illinois State for trademark infringement.