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Court dismisses cyber squatter's lawsuit against Grab
Indiscriminate registration of Internet domain names not to be condoned, says judge
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3CS had sued Grab in 2018, arguing that it had reneged on a US$250,000 (S$337,000) deal to buy domain name "grab.co.id".
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The High Court has made clear in a test case that a cyber squatter cannot enforce an otherwise valid contract as a matter of public policy.
Senior Judge Lai Siu Chiu, in judgment grounds yesterday, found the indiscriminate registration of generic and non-generic names by management consultancy company 3 Corporate Services (3CS), domain registrar Top3 Media and others made them serial or consummate cyber squatters, a point made by defence lawyers for ride-hailing giant GrabTaxi Holdings (Grab).
