It’s going to cost anti-abortion cybersquatter William Purdy $500 a day until he stops using several domain names including famous trademarks - including the Washington Post - to re-route Net surfers to anti-abortion Websites.
Federal judge Ann Montgomery ruled Purdy remained in contempt last week because he still had 28 domain names which could be confused easily with the corporations whose names they include, the Washington Times reported. Purdy has until February 14 to lose the 28 names.
The 1999 Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act lets trademark holders collect up to $100,000 in damages per domain name in cases like this. Companies who have sued Purdy in the past year, the Times said, include the Washington Post, Pepsico, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive, because Purdy originally registered 68 names using all or some of those corporate names.
Purdy told Montgomery the other 28 names are registered with a French company, the Times continued, and that he’s informed that company he wants the names discontinued. Montgomery also ordered Purdy to stop using a pair of new names he registered, www.iadorethewashingtonpost.com and www.ilikethewashingtonpost.com.
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