Cybersquatting
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Cheap domain names fuel cybersquatting
News The buying and selling of site names for profits is growing in Asia, spurred by availability of cheap domain names--some as low as US$2 a year.
Tags: Domain names
Businesses advised to register .asia domains
News Companies with an Asian presence should consider registering .asia domain names to prevent cybersquatting, Internet registries have argued.
Tags: Domain names, SMB
A battle for the soul of the Internet
Insight Tucows CEO Elliot Noss warns of a threat to cyberspace if international politics are allowed to trump sober judgment.
Tags: Domain names
Verizon awarded 'largest-ever' cybersquatting judgment
News A federal court awarded Verizon US$33 million in a case against an Internet domain registrar the company claims chose names to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon sites.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Verizon Communications Inc., ICANN, Cybersquatting, Northern California, Oakland, San Francisco, News.com, Internet
Major sports leagues file cybersquatting suit
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Microsoft puts cybersquatters on notice
News Tech titan files three lawsuits accusing Web site operators of profiting illegally from domain names that use its trademarks.
Tags: Web sites, Microsoft Windows, Lawsuits
Winning the domain name blame game
News With the recent introduction of new top-level domains, ICANN's UDRP will soon be the name of the game for all enterprises registering .biz or .info Web sites. What does that mean for e-business managers?
New cybersquatting law put to test
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House OKs cybersquatting bill as part of budget vote
News The US House of Representatives approved legislation intended to protect businesses from cybersquatters, those who register company trademarks as Internet addresses and try to sell them for a profit.
Aussies to get more domain names?
News In future, Australians may have access to a greater number of domain names, after the board of the domain name space regulatory body, auDA, approved a report by its Name Policy Advisory Panel.
Porn "hijacks" SingTel Mobile surfers
News Unsuspecting surfers looking to find a good handphone deal were dealt with a "crude" blow--a "SingTel Mobile" Web site which redirects to a multimedia-enabled pornography site.
Storm brewing over new domain names
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation is preparing itself for a possible flood of complaints over the new .biz and .info domain names.
NSW's "cybersquatting" claim taken to town
News The owner of a number of Australian state domain names has hit back at the New South Wales government’s move to “protect” geographical sites from commercial interests, saying a recent decision by the WIPO proves private entities can be legitimate owners of such sites.
Court resists trend in Net address case
News In a rare victory for an individual domain name owner, a federal court has thrown out the cybersquatting claims of a truck manufacturer against a computer consultant.
Attacks delay .info launch
News Internet addresses under the new .info domain will appear online later than planned as a result of last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
