GoDaddy.com, which is the largest registrar in the United States with more than 60 million domain names under management, has been the prevailing defendant in two major lawsuits under the
Safe Harbor for Service Providers under the Anticybersquatting Act
GoDaddy.com has been the prevailing defendant in two major lawsuits under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). In both cases, plaintiffs sought to hold a defendant liable for contributory or secondary infringement rather than "direct" cybersquatting under the ACPA. The principal reason for plaintiffs' lack of success lies in a fundamental misunderstanding of the ACPA.
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