From the New York Law Journal:
The [class action] suit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleges that Register.com, which registers domain names for a $35 fee, misused the Internet addresses of new customers by redirecting those links to a "Coming Soon" Web page until the customers developed Web sites of their own.
The "Coming Soon" page contained advertisements for Register.com and other companies.
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[The lead plaintiff claims that] Register.com used his Web address without his permission to direct others to the company's own site and to sell advertisements.