cybersquatting

ICANN published the beta (pdf) of its gTLD Marketplace Health Index today. Here are some graphs I found interesting. Domain owners are losing fewer cybersquatting arbitration cases than they used to. Not only is the number down compared to 2012-2013, but 2014-2015 include the new URS...

ICANN published the beta (pdf) of its gTLD Marketplace Health Index today. Here are some graphs I found interesting. Domain owners are losing fewer cybersquatting arbitration cases than they used to. Not only is the number down compared to 2012-2013, but 2014-2015 include the new URS...

No industry is immune from cybersquatting — not even the legal industry.Although law firms don't rank among the most common targets of cybersquatters, these cases demonstrate that they are in some ways no different than their clients when it comes to protecting themselves online. While the...

No industry is immune from cybersquatting — not even the legal industry.Although law firms don't rank among the most common targets of cybersquatters, these cases demonstrate that they are in some ways no different than their clients when it comes to protecting themselves online. While the...

Musician gets LadyGaga.mobi domain name through cybersquatting dispute. If you cybersquatted on a bunch of famous peoples’ names on .mobi domain names, would anyone care? Apparently Lady Gaga does. Stefani Germanotta filed a cybersquatting complaint against Nancy Faralisz of The Michigan...

Musician gets LadyGaga.mobi domain name through cybersquatting dispute. If you cybersquatted on a bunch of famous peoples’ names on .mobi domain names, would anyone care? Apparently Lady Gaga does. Stefani Germanotta filed a cybersquatting complaint against Nancy Faralisz of The Michigan...

Domain extension company reserves a trademark VS. CyberSquatter? What's the difference? Seems like semantics to me. lol isn't it the same thing?lol? I shortened the title to catch attention. but here's the real question How can domain extension companies reserve a trademark without being...

Domain extension company reserves a trademark VS. CyberSquatter? What's the difference? Seems like semantics to me. lol isn't it the same thing?lol? I shortened the title to catch attention. but here's the real question How can domain extension companies reserve a trademark without being...

Cybersquatting — or typo-, domain-, URL-, or whatever other type of squatting you wish to call it — usually takes one of a handful of variations. It could be a misspelling like twtter[.]com. It could be a correct spelling but a different TLD (twitter[.]org instead of twitter[.]com). Or it could...

Cybersquatting — or typo-, domain-, URL-, or whatever other type of squatting you wish to call it — usually takes one of a handful of variations. It could be a misspelling like twtter[.]com. It could be a correct spelling but a different TLD (twitter[.]org instead of twitter[.]com). Or it could...

The term “domain investor” does not apply to cybersquatters. The latter, is the kind of careless, ignorant or malicious registrant, aiming at monetizing existing famous brands. In a case involving several Harley-Davidson related domains, one can only shake their head at the sheer bravado of the...

The term “domain investor” does not apply to cybersquatters. The latter, is the kind of careless, ignorant or malicious registrant, aiming at monetizing existing famous brands. In a case involving several Harley-Davidson related domains, one can only shake their head at the sheer bravado of the...

Will .film help in the battle against cybersquatting ? "The producers of Toronto selections February and Septembers Of Shiraz have already registered their official site with the suffix as the product is marketed to the industry as a potential anti-piracy device. Both hail from Nu Image /...

Will .film help in the battle against cybersquatting ? "The producers of Toronto selections February and Septembers Of Shiraz have already registered their official site with the suffix as the product is marketed to the industry as a potential anti-piracy device. Both hail from Nu Image /...

I have complained to both Microsoft, who admitted that this is a bad player, but they said they would do nothing about it, even though this a$$hat is squatting on their name. So, everyone, you evidently now have free rein to squat on Microsoft keywords... Go Daddy is both the host and the...

I have complained to both Microsoft, who admitted that this is a bad player, but they said they would do nothing about it, even though this a$$hat is squatting on their name. So, everyone, you evidently now have free rein to squat on Microsoft keywords... Go Daddy is both the host and the...

As the internet has expanded in recent years to become a vital part of practically everything, companies have been scrambling to get their hands on the best domains in order to leverage their business potential to the maximum.But, this has been made tricky by a growing phenomenon known as...

As the internet has expanded in recent years to become a vital part of practically everything, companies have been scrambling to get their hands on the best domains in order to leverage their business potential to the maximum.But, this has been made tricky by a growing phenomenon known as...

TLD Registry presented the world’s first, and still currently the world’s only Chinese Domaining Masterclass, at the industry-leading domain investing conference, NamesCon 2015. After several months of research, development, writing, and refining, they created a 120-page curriculum for western...

TLD Registry presented the world’s first, and still currently the world’s only Chinese Domaining Masterclass, at the industry-leading domain investing conference, NamesCon 2015. After several months of research, development, writing, and refining, they created a 120-page curriculum for western...