Microsoft Attacks Cybersquatting In Fort Wayne
(FORT WAYNE) - A software giant is going after some so-called cybersquatters in Fort Wayne.
Microsoft is filing suit in federal courts in Indiana, Washington, and New York. They're going after companies that register internet domain names with very similar spellings to legally-protected web addresses.
Seven Fort Wayne-based web companies are named in the suit. Court documents allege that 95 different domain names were registered and used to divert people away from Microsoft to ad websites.
Microsoft attorney Aaron Kornblum says Dell, Time Warner, Wal-Mart, and Yahoo! are also filing suit to try and stop cybersquatting.
People who get diverted by accident can end up with pop-up ads, porn, spyware, and viruses on their computers.
The lawsuit seeks $100-thousand per domain name registered. Microsoft has collected more than $1 million already in settlements with other cybersquatting operations.
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