{"id":1096,"date":"2011-08-15T10:40:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.domainandtrademark.com\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2019-08-09T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:09:09","slug":"texas-energy-firm-accused-of-cybersquatting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/texas-energy-firm-accused-of-cybersquatting\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas energy firm accused of cybersquatting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Texas energy firm stands accused of registering two <a title=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/domain-name-management.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/domain-name-management.html\">domain  names<\/a> for the express purpose of <a title=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/domain-recovery.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/domain-recovery.html\">cybersquatting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Dallas Business Journal, two lawsuits have been filed  against Christopher Faulkner, chief executive of Breitling Oil and Gas  Corp.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas-based Fusion Energy LLC has taken exception to the registration of the  domain names fusionoilandgas.com and fusionoilandgas.blogspot.com by Mr.  Faulkner.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the domain names had been registered to deliberately direct  customers away from Fusion&#8217;s own online presence.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Faulkner has also been accused of publishing defamatory, false, and  malicious information about Fusion and its president and chief executive,  William Scott Court, the news provider stated.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a title=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/additional-domain-and-trademark-services.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/additional-domain-and-trademark-services.html\">social  media<\/a> giant Facebook filed a legal complaint against 25 companies known to  have purchased domain names similar to facebook.com.<\/p>\n<p>The firm said it was looking to protect its brand by clamping down on  incidents of typosquatting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas energy firm stands accused of registering two domain names for the express purpose of cybersquatting. 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