BlackRock Sues ‘Typosquatters’ in Trademark Infringement Case

Asset management firm BlackRock Inc. sued 43 domain names Tuesday in federal court asserting a type of cybersquatting called “typosquatting.”

Typosquatting is “registration or use of a domain name that represents a typographical error of the legitimate site—and which is typically used to display advertisements related to the legitimate site, to distribute computer viruses or ‘malware,’ to collect visitors’ personal information for inappropriate or illegal uses, or to send ‘business impersonation’ emails,” BlackRock’s complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said.

BlackRock said that “invaluable rights in the distinctive marks BLACKROCK, ALADDIN, and BLK ...