A federal court in Northern California has awarded Verizon $33.15 million in what the company is calling the largest cybersquatting judgment ever, Verizon announced Wednesday.

Verizon filed the case against OnlineNIC, a San Francisco-based Internet domain registration company, claiming it used Internet names–663 to be exact–that were chosen to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon names, according to Verizon.

It might hard, however, for Verizon to actually collect on the judgment, which was a default ruling, or one entered against a defendant who fails to answer a summons. No one appeared in court on OnlineNIC’s behalf or in its defense, Verizon said.

The award amount was calculated based on $50,000 per domain name, Verizon said.

Dentsu Inc, Japan’s largest ad agency, said it would team up with game maker Nintendo Co Ltd to launch a video distribution service on Nintendo’s wildly popular Wii console.

The two companies plan to offer programmes created for the service, a Dentsu spokesman said, in contrast to most online channels, which tend to carry existing TV shows and movies.

Viewers will need to pay to see some of the new programmes, while others will be offered free of charge and accompanied by advertisements, the spokesman said on Thursday.