Even if typosquatting was legal (which I agree, it shouldn't be) the arrogance here is that he wants to register half of the identified typo domains "to prove v

Even if typosquatting was legal (which I agree, it shouldn't be) the arrogance here is that he wants to register half of the identified typo domains "to prove value of his services" That also monopolizes himself in that industry. The company concerned can't say "right ok, yes this is an issue but we'd like to work with our own people on this" because he's already bought half of the domains and can presumably now turn them over to the company's rival. Articles in the SeattlePI are not worth the paper they're printed on. (and if you don't get that reference, SeattlePI was the first traditional newspaper in US to shut down print operations go totally online)