Sex.Com Settles Monumental Case Against VeriSign/Network Solutions

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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.

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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41112663

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