ICANN has accused Luxembourg-based registrar EuroDNS of breaching their Registrar Accreditation Agreement according to a letter dated 20 April. The breach, disputed by EuroDNS, involves the domain name facebok.com, that a WIPO Panel ordered to be transferred to Facebook, the complainant

A Columbus company was one of nine Web-hosting firms across the country raided by U.S.

A map of the proposed area for Verizon’s data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Verizon has pulled the plug on its plans to build a $4 billion data center near Buffalo, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge . Verizon announced its change of plans on Thursday, after problems with a lawsuit from a local resident and delays in acquiring the land.  The Wall Street Journal reports that the land owner’s attorney, Arthur Giacalone, says Verizon used the lawsuit as an excuse to back out of New York.  Data Center Knowledge says that Mary Ann Rizzo, the owner of land adjacent to the proposed site, “filed suit against the Niagra IDA and six other agencies because she felt a proper environmental review was not conducted.” Verizon first announced plans for its New York data center in October 2010

A screenshot from one of the documents recording the Jury’s verdict (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A ruling delivered by a jury last week in a South Carolina counterfeit trial found web hosting provider Bright Builders Inc. liable for $770,750 in damages for contributory infringement, in a case against a customer website, according to a report posted this week on the website law.com . The ruling, delivered by South Carolina District Judge Margaret Seymour on March 14, should be notable to hosting providers, who tend to rely on a certain protection from liability for the activities of their customers.

A screenshot from one of the documents recording the Jury’s verdict (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A ruling delivered by a jury last week in a South Carolina counterfeit trial found web hosting provider Bright Builders Inc. liable for $770,750 in damages for contributory infringement, in a case against a customer website, according to a report posted this week on the website law.com . The ruling, delivered by South Carolina District Judge Margaret Seymour on March 14, should be notable to hosting providers, who tend to rely on a certain protection from liability for the activities of their customers.

01|05|2011 2:06 pm EDT Groupon Addresses Australian Cybersquatting Problem by Kevin Ohashi in Categories: Legal Issues – 1 Comment Groupon has addressed a question in their blog titled Why Groupon Isn’t in Australia . The short answer is a cybersquatter / competitor has registered Groupon.com.au and the Groupon Pty Ltd business name as well as filed for a trademark for Groupon.

Koch Industries has filed a lawsuit in Utah seeking the names of people behind a bogus website and news release that said the company had altered its policies to support environmentally friendly efforts. The lawsuit by the Wichita, Kan., company Greenpeace claims funds efforts to discredit climate change science seeks the names of people behind the apparent hoax from Utah companies that registered and hosted the fake website