[From the Washington Post]Dell Inc. is pursuing a major "cybersquatting" lawsuit against several companies that buy and sell Web site addresses, alleging that they are making millions off of the legitimate trade names of Fortune 500 companies, the Washington Post reports.
In a case filed with the U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in October and unsealed last Wednesday, Dell took aim registrars -- companies that are licensed to register and sell new domain names to the public -- allegding that they are responsible for registering and profiting off of nearly 1,100 domains that were "confusingly similar" to Dell's various trademarks.
At issue are Web addresses made up of slight misspellings of well-known trademarks, a form of cybersquatting called "typosquatting." Typosquatters typically register domains that surfers are likely to hit if they misspell a Web site name. Users are then taken to sites filled with advertising that generates pay-per-click commissions for the domain holders.
Read more about Dell's lawsuit here.
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