A group of domainers have filed a class action case against Google. The domainers are claiming that Google is profiting from typo-squatting websites. Apparently, many typo-squatters are now implementing Google's Adsense For Domains (AFD) on their websites.
What is typo-squatting?
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Typo-squatting sites are found at domains that have one letter different from legitimate, trademarked domains ? bankofdamerica.com, for instance, as depicted in the screenshot above, which has a "d" in the URL
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Google says in response to the lawsuit that it "has no way to know ? and no reason to know ? whether a given domain in the AFD program could infringe a valid trademark," Google's Moran writes. "And even if Google did somehow have the ability to pluck out those domains which could infringe a valid trademark, Google has no way to know who has registered the domain, be it an infringer, a licensee of the trademark owner or the trademark owner itself."
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Google Profiting From Typo Squatting, Report Charges | Threat Level from Wired.com
A hearing of the case will be heard next month. It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this case will be.