Domain name registrar Go Daddy Software Inc. is suing VeriSign Inc. for allegedly deceiving rivals’ customers into transferring their business, according to Reuters.
The latest lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Phoenix, accuses VeriSign of false and deceptive advertising, interference with customer relationships, misappropriation of trade secrets and consumer fraud, according to Scottsdale, Arizona-based Go Daddy.
At issue are letters VeriSign is sending to people labeled “Domain Name Expiration Notices” that urge recipients to return the forms, along with $29 per domain, or risk losing their domains, the firm said.
After BulkRegister filed a lawsuit in May, a Maryland judge ordered VeriSign to stop sending the letters to BulkRegister customers.
Later that month, a Los Angeles law firm filed its own lawsuit against VeriSign seeking class action status, the report said.
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