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Friday, January 30th, 2009

Just got this in via email from DotSter.com:
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With each new year comes new opportunities.
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And the fine print:
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Thursday, June 8th, 2006

It looks like Dotster has been named in a typo-squatting lawsuit filed by Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.
The high end retail companies claim that dotster abused its status as an official icann registrar by mass registering names that are common typographical errors of federally registered trademarks.
Sample domain names referenced in the lawsuit include:
NeimuMarcus.com
playboibunny.com
oldnavyt.com
I’m not exactly [...]