Legal Opinion
Register. Com, Inc. v. Verio, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 8, 2000No. 00 CIV. 5747(BSJ)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order
JONES, District Judge.
Introduction
Plaintiff Register.com, a registrar of Internet domain names, moves for a preliminary injunction against the defendant, Ver-io, Inc. (“Verio”), a provider of Internet services. Register.com relies on claims under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a); the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. § 1030, as amended; as well as trespass to chattels and breach of contract under the common law of the State of New York. In essence Register.com seeks an injunction barring Verio from using automated software processes to access and collect…
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