The biggest cybersquatting case ever

BEIJING, December 26, according to AFP, the U.S. telecommunications company Verizon said on Wednesday that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has already made a ruling on the largest cybersquatting case in history and claimed that the defendant compensate the company 3315 Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

The court made a default judgment, claiming that the defendant, OnlineNIC, illegally registered at least 663 domain names that were identical or very similar to the Verizon trademark.

Verizon filed a lawsuit against OnlineNIC in June, accusing the defendants of trying to "take advantage of the customer's cheapness" with a web domain that could easily be confused with its trademark. OnlineNIC is a San Francisco Internet domain name registration company.

Verizon said the court ruled that OnlineNIC maliciously registered its domain name, and calculated the amount of compensation for each domain name $ 5000. As OnlineNIC did not appear in court, the court made a default judgment. Verizon vice president Sarah Deutsch said in a statement that "the verdict in this case sent a clear signal that deterrence should be deterred against the cybersquatter who misled consumers." Verizon Continue to take all necessary measures to protect our brands and consumers from Internet fraud. "

Verizon said the company had previously filed several similar lawsuits, but fines for OnlineNIC were the highest fines in cybersquatting ever.

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