Domain names and IP - Cybersquatting and violation of intellectual property
Trademark violation |
| Trademarks are typically very popular targets for cybersquatters, because trademark-like domain names are able to confuse internet users and attract them to the websites of squatterrs, they can be sold to the trademark owner, or even to his competitor. Please follow this article to learn more about clashes between abusive domain name registration and IP rights | ||
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Hard cases |
Cases where the domain name is identical to a trademark are easy to resolve. However, the things are not as simple as it may look. There are two problems that deserve a closer attention. |
If you wish to learn more, you may read through these sources, which are however focused mainly on US anti-cybersquatting act (optional)
https://cyber.harvard.edu/property00/domain/legislation.html
https://icannwiki.org/Anti-Cybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act