Parties Settle Cybersquatting Case Involving Whitecap.com
On June 20, plaintiffs White Cap Construction Supply, Inc., and HD Construction Supply, Ltd., filed a Stipulation and Order of Dismissal of its cybersquatting case against defendants the Domain Name Whitecap.com, in rem, and the domain name registrar A W Registry, Inc., in personam.
The dispute centered on defendants’ registration of Whitecap.com, which plaintiffs claimed wrongly incorporated White Cap Construction’s federally-registered WHITE CAP trademark.
Plaintiffs also claimed that Whitecap.com was registered by Todd Esrey, who allegedly had registered other domain names in bad faith and in 2004 had default judgment entered against him in the Northern District of California in another cybersquatting case.
Defendants never answered plaintiffs’ complaint.
The case cite is White Cap Construction Supply, Inc. v. Whitecap.com, No. 07-1881 (W.D. Wash.).
Michael Atkins
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