Name.Space, Inc. v. Network Solutions

November 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Name.Space, Inc. v. Network Solutions

Plaintiff Name.Space, Inc. and its predecessor-in-interest PGMedia, Inc. (collectively “Name.Space”) operated a domain name registry in competition with defendant Network Solutions, Inc. (“NSI”) which, at the time this action was commenced, operated the exclusive domain name registry for the generic top level domains (“gTLDs”) “.com”, “.org”, “.net” and “.edu”. In its effort to compete, Name.Space […]

Old dispute about antitrust on the internet – Kinderstart vs Google – Case 1

November 18, 2011 | Comments Off on Old dispute about antitrust on the internet – Kinderstart vs Google – Case 1

Court dismisses action seeking redress as a result of Google’s alleged downward manipulation of the “Page Rank” it assigned plaintiff’s website.  This act allegedly reduced the ranking of plaintiff Kinderstart.com’s search engine in various Google Search results which, in turn, adversely impacted both the traffic and advertising revenue plaintiff Kinderstart.com’s site generated.  “Page Rank” is […]