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Northern District of
Illinois, asserting that GoDaddy is diverting
Internet traffic to deceptive parked domains in
violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer
Protection Act (ACPA).
The
complaint says that GoDaddy receives all
profits from its "free parking" service, as
well as a |
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share of the profits from
their paid parking service. Ubid claims that GoDaddy is
violating the ACPA both by "trafficking in"
and "using" domain names that are confusingly
similar to the plaintiff's trademarks, and by profiting
from its advertising deals linked to the deceptive
domains.
Eric Goldman, who is
an Associate Professor at the Santa Clara University
School of Law, offered some additional perspective
on the suit Tuesday on his
blog. Goldman noted, "Even if GoDaddy
"turns off" its parking program, others may
try to fill the void and monetize the exact same domain
names. As a result, I'm still not clear exactly what
uBid hopes to accomplish with this lawsuit (other than
to take some cash out of GoDaddy's pocket if it wins). |
