Nominet wins case against Domain Registry
Services
February 2005
Nominet UK has won its legal action against
bogus invoicing scam outfit Domain Registry
Services after the .uk internet domain name
registry took civil action against Peter Francis-Macrae
and his company Ultra Technologies Ltd.
Francis-Macrae was found liable of copying and
using records from Nominet's WHOIS database to
send out fraudulent domain name renewal invoices
under the name of 'Domain Registry Services'. He
was ordered to pay Nominet costs of £81,000, with
damages to be determined at a later date at a
hearing at Huntingdon Magistrates Court.
Nominet also obtained permanent injunctions
preventing Francis-Macrae or his companies from
causing any damage to Nominet's computer systems,
harassing Nominet staff, misusing the .uk WHOIS
database or trading under the misleading 'Domain
Registry Services' name.
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