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cybersquatters

Pinterest gives legal punch to 'serial cybersquatter'

Pinterest is sounding its battle cry -- it's had enough of one certain alleged Chinese cybersquatter.

The social network filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week against Qian Jin, who is from Nanjing, China. Pinterest claimed that Jin partook in cyberpiracy, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and more. According to the complaint, Jin has snatched dozens of domain names that are strikingly similar to pinterest.com, including pintesrest.com and pinterest.es.

"This action arises from Defendant's bad-faith registration and use of numerous domain names containing, or confusingly similar to, Pinterest's … Read more

Verizon to cybersquatters: Get off our Verizon-like domains

Verizon has filed a lawsuit against a Web site and domain name registrar, alleging that they are exploiting its name by placing ads on Verizon-like Web addresses.

The complaint, filed in a Los Angeles federal court and reported on by Paid Content, calls Parked.com and DNLtd "serial cybersquatters" who control more than 600 Web sites with names such as 2verizon.net, 3verizon.net, and accessoriesforverizon.com.

The companies generate revenue by placing ads on these sites and relying on consumers accidentally making their way onto their sites, Verizon alleges in its lawsuit.

Parked.com couldn't be … Read more