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Article: Nintendo Wins $560,000 in Mass Domain Name Lawsuit; Nearly 50 Domain Names Recovered in One Action.
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- November 13, 2001
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REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001
Nintendo of America Inc. today announced a federal judge in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, has awarded the company a complete victory in its suit to recover 49 infringing internet domain names (including POKEMON-TRADER.COM and GROWLITHE.COM).
The Court ordered all domain names be returned to Nintendo and awarded Nintendo statutory damages ranging from $2000 to $30,000 per name for 48 names -- for a total award of $560,000.
The suit, Nintendo of America Inc. v. Stefani Us et al, was filed against 22 defendants under the ...