Verizon wins $33m against trademark-violating domain registrar (ZDNet)

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Some sleazeball cybersquatter called OnlineNIC, an ICANN registrar which advertises "Domains for Sale: We sell in batches," was hit for $33.15 million for violating Verizon's trademarks 633 times through domain registration, the Register reports. According to the lawsuit filed in June 2008, OnlineNIC used an automated process to claim sites such as verizononline.com, myverizonwireless.com, ...

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