Barely a day after XYZ.com got a boost when Alphabet, Google's new parent company, set up shop at abc.xyz, details emerged of a suit filed by Verisign against XYZ.com, its CEO Daniel Negari, and CentralNic, XYZ.com's back-end registry operator.
Read MoreThe lawsuit comes on the heels on another that Verisign launched against XYZ.com back in February, this time alleging trademark infringement and false advertising. That suit cited an online ad that portrayed .com domains as an old, beaten-up Honda Accord, while the new .xyz domains were represented by a Audi R8 Spyder. Verisign, which owns and operates the .com domain, claimed the ad damaged its brand and goodwill...
