Consumer Protection – Anticybersquatting Act – In Rem Action 
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Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: Consumer Protection, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants plaintiff Citigroup’s claim for injunctive relief in this in rem action pursuant to the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and orders that defendant registrants’ actions have violated the ACPA and VeriSign Inc. Is ordered to change the current registrars on the identified domain names.
Citigroup Inc. v. Internet Domain Names (Lee, ...
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