Financial services giant BlackRock has initiated a cybersquatting lawsuit targeting 49 domain names that it claims infringe on its trademarks. The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, which is also home to the registries of .com and .org domains.
BlackRock alleges that some of these domains are being utilized for fraudulent activities, while others are available for sale. Notably, one particular domain redirects users to a site promoting cryptocurrency trading that falsely uses the BlackRock name.
Among the disputed domains are BlaccRock.com, BitcoinBlackRock.com, and BlackR0ck.com, with the latter substituting a zero for the letter ‘o’.
This isn’t BlackRock’s first foray into legal action over domain names; the firm had previously filed a similar lawsuit the prior year seeking to reclaim additional domain names.
Wiley Rein LLP is representing BlackRock in this legal endeavor.
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