Court finds internet domain name facilitator guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 2004-ACCC: Court finds internet domain name facilitator guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06022004 The Federal Court today handed down orders following an earlier finding that Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd and its sole director, Mr Chesley Paul Rafferty, had breached the Trade Practices Act 1974.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission began proceedings against Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd and Mr Rafferty in October 2003 alleging, amongst other things, that the company had breached the Act by sending out misleading or deceptive notices inviting the recipient to register a particular internet domain name. In many cases the name referred to in the notice was similar to the...