Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Thursday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against four antiabortion advocates, alleging that they engaged in cybersquatting and unfair competition and infringed on Planned Parenthood's trademarks by registering domain names similar to the organization's official Web sites, Reuters reports (Reuters, 7/10). The lawsuit alleges that Thomas Fitch of abortionismurder.com, John Barry of Pro-Life Domains, Inc., and Mark Purdy and William Purdy of Please Don't Kill Your Baby, Inc., collectively registered nine domain names, including wwwplannedparenthood.com and teenswire.com, all of which are identical to or close variations on Planned Parenthood trademarks. However, the Web sites direct Internet users to one of two antiabortion Web sites, abortionismurder.com and www.abortioncams.com. Planned Parenthood claims that these actions violate federal domain name piracy, trademark and unfair competition laws as well as New York state deceptive acts and practices laws. In addition, the lawsuit alleges that Fitch and abortionismurder.com have breached a prior cyberpiracy settlement agreement (Planned Parenthood release, 7/10). Fitch in a 2001 settlement of similar litigation agreed not to use domain names containing "Planned Parenthood," any other trademark owned by the organization or any variation on those trademarks (Reuters, 7/10). Planned Parenthood is seeking a court order that all nine domain names be transferred to PPFA, as well as punitive damages and funds to cover the costs of the suit and lawyer's fees (PPFA release, 7/10).