Electronics Boutique Holdings Corporation v. Zuccarini
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
56 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1705 (2000)
Relevant factsFree
Zuccarini (defendant) registered domain names that were misspelled variants of Electronics Boutique's (plaintiff's) registered trademarks and its own domain names, and when customers mistakenly typed those misspellings, they received pop-up advertisements generating fees for Zuccarini per click, with at least one confirmed customer confused into believing EB was associated with the pop-ups.
IssueFree
Whether a party is guilty under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act if the party has registered domain names similar to a registered trademark with a bad-faith intent to profit.
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