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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Jun. 9, 2009

Circuit Revives Antitrust Suit Against VeriSign

A federal appeals court on Friday revived an antitrust lawsuit accusing VeriSign Inc., which controls the dominant .com and .net Web suffixes, of pressuring the Internet's governing body to allow it to monopolize the market.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - A federal appeals court on Friday revived an antitrust lawsuit accusing VeriSign Inc., which controls the dominant .com and .net Web suffixes, of successfully pressuring the Internet's governing body to allow it to monopolize the market.

As a result, Mountain View-based VeriSign can charge more than twice what a competitive market would bear and leverage its dominant position to control the m...

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