VERISIGN, INC. v. XYZ.COM LLC

No. 15-2526.

848 F.3d 292 (2017)

VERISIGN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. XYZ.COM LLC; Daniel Negari, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lisa Schiavo Blatt , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Derek Alan Newman , NEWMAN DU WORS LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Ronald L. Johnston , Los Angeles, California, Robert N. Weiner , Robert A. DeRise , Elisabeth S. Theodore , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Judge Floyd joined.


Plaintiff Verisign, Inc. is in the business of selling internet domain names and operates the popular .com and .net top-level domains. In 2014, a competitor arrived on the scene: Defendant XYZ.COM, LLC ("XYZ") launched ".xyz," a new top-level domain, and began registering domain names ending in .xyz. As part of its...

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