Microsoft trained its legal guns with accusations against cybersquatters Tuesday, saying it has filed three lawsuits to stifle attempts to profit from domain names that contain the company’s trademarked terms.
Microsoft alleges that cybersquatters, or typosquatters, have registered thousands of domain names targeting Microsoft in a bid to mislead users and make thousands of dollars by serving text ads along the way.
On an average day more than 2,000 domain names are registered that contain Microsoft trademark terms, the company estimates. Of those, at least 75 percent are owned by what are believed to be professional domain name holding operations.
The lawsuits, the first federal action by Microsoft against so-called domain squatters, have been filed under the 1999 Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
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