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Sex.Com Settles Monumental Case Against VeriSign/Network Solutions
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:10:38 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Subject: Sex.Com Settles Monumental Case Against VeriSign/Network Solutions Sex.Com Settles Monumental Case Against VeriSign/Network Solutions - Apr 20, 2004 10:00 AM (PR Newswire) Six-Year Contested Court Battle Is Over SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sex.Com (www. sex.com) announced today a final settlement with VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN) (formerly Network Solutions, Inc.), concluding a six-year legal fight that set several important precedents for the future of the Internet. After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Sex.Com a sweeping victory that held VeriSign/Network Solutions, Inc. (collectively "VeriSign") strictly responsible for mishandling the famous domain name, Sex.Com and VeriSign have settled Sex.Com's lawsuit against VeriSign. The implications of the lawsuit are far-reaching in all areas of Internet infrastructure and governance, as well as intellectual property law. Sex.Com single-handedly caused the courts to define domain names as property, and thus changed the laws governing the World Wide Web. ... - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41112663 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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