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Litigation

May 14, 2011

Verisign Settles Web Domain Suit

Verisign Inc., which controls the popular .com and .net web suffixes, has fended off a lawsuit by a group of domain name registrars who claimed the company monopolized the market.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Verisign Inc., which controls the popular dot-com and dot-net web suffixes, has fended off a lawsuit by a group of domain name registrars who claimed the company coerced the Internet's governing body into allowing it to monopolize the market.


The Coalition for ICANN Transparency Inc. announced it was dropping its years-old complaint late Wednesday, just days before U.S. District Judge Ronald M. ...

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