Date: 10-01-2010

Case Style: Pensacola Motor Sales, Inc. v. Eastern Shore Toyota, L.L.C.

Case Number: 3:09-cv-00571-RS-MD

Judge: Richard Smoak

Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Frank Herrera, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, Miami, Florida and John Derr and Pat Douglas, Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer, Tallahassee, Florida for Pensacola Motor Sales, Inc.

Defendant's Attorney: Nixon Daniel, Bewggs & Lane, Pensacola, Florida for Daphne Automotive, L.L.C., Daphne Enterprises, Inc., Easter Shore Toyota, L.L.C., and Shawn Esfahani

Description: Pensacola Motor Sales, Inc. sued Shawn Esfahani, Daphne Enterprises, Inc., and Eastern Shore Toyota, L.L.C. on an Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act violation theory claiming that Defendant wrongfully bought a "Bob Tyler Toyota". domain names. Esfahani purchased 14 Internet domain names with "Bob Tyler" or other variations on the name with the intent to misdirect people to his Eastern Shore Toyota website. Tyler sought $1 million in damages.

Esfahani claimed that he did not know that buying the domains violated the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

Outcome: Plaintiffs' verdict for $0.

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