cybersquatting

"One could say that cybersquatting is just another example of American ingenuity," she said.

The idea is to avoid much of the cybersquatting that has plagued the .

Cybersquatting has created a storm of legal controversy.

Harvey calls him and his Golden Lance to the stand in a case involving cybersquatting.

Indeed, one key Internet bill to outlaw so-called cybersquatting - the ransoming of .

Cybersquatting has a clear legal definition.

Cybersquatting, however, does not involve competition.

"I'm glad to see the Icann board has recognized that cybersquatting is in fact a problem for trademark holders and consumers."

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An attempt was made in 2009 to sue GoDaddy, a domain registrar, under a different charge of "contributory cybersquatting".

Defendants moved to dismiss the claims for contributory cybersquatting and contributory dilution, arguing that such causes of action are not recognized under law.

The group asserts that Abortionismurder.com has violated its trademarks and federal laws prohibiting "cybersquatting," taking an online name that rightfully belongs to someone else.

Cybersquatting is defined as registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else.

THE practice of "cybersquatting" has evolved from the days when people bought a trademarked Internet domain name and hoped to squeeze the trademark owner for some cash.

Legal observers suggest that, if upheld, the case will prove notable for the court's expansion of the ACPA liability to include contributory cybersquatting.

Prior to specifically targeted laws being adopted, dilution protection was used in some U.S. jurisdictions to attack domain name infringement of trademarks (see Cybersquatting).

Found Liable in Federal Lawsuit For Cybersquatting: Plaintiff Awarded $74,500.00 Plus Reasonable Attorney Fees.

Cybersquatting, however, is a bit different in that the domain names that are being "squatted" are (sometimes but not always) being paid for through the registration process by the cybersquatters.

One of the earliest examples of a written definition of cybersquatting was the Intermatic Inc. v. Toeppen, 947 F. Supp.

It has been less than two weeks since President Clinton signed a new law banning "cybersquatting," - registering trademark names as Internet addresses in the hope of selling them at huge profits.

In one case, the decision to allow jurisdiction in a U.S. court over claims of copyright infringement and cybersquatting was premised on an effects doctrine theory of jurisdiction.

Microsoft sued the defendants, Amish Shah and others, for, amongst other charges, contributory cybersquatting for encouraging others, through videos and software, to infringe on Microsoft's trademarks.

In the US, the legal situation was clarified by the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, an amendment to the Lanham Act, which explicitly prohibited cybersquatting.

The utilization of the bad-faith factors of the ACPA has been criticized by some scholars for leading to counterintuitive results when applied to cases that are not clear-cut cybersquatting.

With the rising of social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter, a new form of cybersquatting involves registering trademark-protected brands or names of public figures on popular social media websites.