11.   And as evidence that the company is doing nothing wrong, its executives point to the recent dismissal of a lawsuit that accused VeriSign of hoarding expired domain names.

12.   And, like Lyons, he decided to sell his domain names.

13.   Andrew Miller, a Boston entrepreneur who invests in generic domain names, says the best match for Christianity.com might be a Bible seller.

14.   Another approach, though, is to squirrel away domain names and then rent out the use of them.

15.   Anyone can own a domain name merely by registering it with a quasi-governmental agency called Internic, for a small processing fee, on a first-come basis.

16.   Another concern is that Internic overwhelmingly favors trademark owners over those with registered domain names.

17.   Applicants to manage the new domains, who are seeking to make millions of dollars registering domain names, came to pitch their business plans.

18.   As a result, many businesses that help companies secure valuable domain name addresses suddenly found themselves unable to do business.

19.   As people find out that Troche owns the Trenchcoat Mafia-related domain names, he has been getting a flurry of calls and e-mails.

20.   As part of the agreement, Sephora will own the eve.com domain name as well as part of customer database.