ZURAKOV v. REGISTER.COM, INC.


304 A.D.2d 176 (2003)

760 N.Y.S.2d 13

MICHAEL ZURAKOV, Appellant, v. REGISTER.COM, INC., et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Blim of counsel (Brendan Chao, John G. Jacobs and Jay Edelson on the brief; Blim & Edelson, LLC, Chao & Edelson, LLC and The Jacobs Law Firm, CHTD, attorneys), for appellant.

Scott D. Brown of counsel (Kenneth A. Plevan and Adam Michael Becker on the brief; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, attorneys), for respondents.

NARDELLI, J.P., MAZZARELLI, SULLIVAN and MARLOW, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ELLERIN, J.

This appeal raises issues of good faith and fair dealing in contractual relations and deceptive consumer-oriented business acts and practices in the context of the Internet.

Defendant Register.Com, Inc. (with which defendant Forman merged in 1999) provides Internet services, among them the registration of domain names, i.e., unique names for the addresses of Internet Web sites. Pursuant to an online contract, plaintiff...

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