In a decision finding premature a law firm’s attempt to prove a computer programmer violated a cybersquatting law, a Southern District judge laid out the standards of proof under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
The Gioconda Law Group, a Manhattan boutique that represents luxury designers in counterfeiting suits and cybersquatting cases, brought suit against Arthur Wesley Kenzie, a Canadian programmer, alleging Kenzie had registered a domain nameGIOCONDOLAW.com, which is a slight misspelling of the firm’s domainand registered similar email addresses "to intentionally intercept" the firm’s messages.
