Domain Names
Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
Ninth Circuit
Lahoti v. Vericheck, Inc.
2008-35001
USDC WD Washington
Did a bench trial judgment properly obtain, and was the court’s analysis regarding trademark distinctiveness sound, where a notorious cybersquatter had been found liable under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq., the Washington Consumer Protection Act, Wash. Rev. Code § 19.86, and various Washington common law doctrines for having displayed plaintiff’s Georgia state service mark VERICHECK as part of defendant’s registered domain name, vericheck.com, in connection with his pay-per-click website that did not offer any goods or services?
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