Google wins arbitration for "Typosquatter" Site
From washingtonpost.com
Watch Out For 'Typosquatter' Sites
Surely you've had this experience before: You mistype an Internet address in your Web browser, only to end up at a porn site or some random Web page that tries to install software or hijack your browser's settings.
Well, score one for Google. On Friday, the search-engine giant won an arbitration settlement against a Russian man who had registered Web sites that capitalized on numerous misspellings of the company's trademark name. Full news story.
Watch Out For 'Typosquatter' Sites
Surely you've had this experience before: You mistype an Internet address in your Web browser, only to end up at a porn site or some random Web page that tries to install software or hijack your browser's settings.
Well, score one for Google. On Friday, the search-engine giant won an arbitration settlement against a Russian man who had registered Web sites that capitalized on numerous misspellings of the company's trademark name. Full news story.