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Dell Accuses Domain Tasters Of Counterfeiting
The Washington Post said the lawsuit was unsealed recently after being filed in October. Dell believes the three registrars and a host of shell companies made millions off web traffic misdirected by wrongly spelled domains.
Unlike similar lawsuits, Dell's action has a couple of unique points. The report cited Dell's accusation that the companies engaged in a round-robin of domain tasting, passing domains from one company to the next, in a rapid succession that enabled them to keep performing domains available indefinitely without ever paying for them.
The other point comes from Dell's contention that the actions of the defendants amounted to counterfeiting. University of Miami professor Michael Froomkin, publisher of ICANN Watch, said in the report this charge was a first in domain squatting cases.
A successful counterfeiting charge would entitle Dell to claim damages of up to a million dollars per violation, a substantial increase over the federal limit of $100,000 per domain infringement.
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