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Microsoft launches court action against cybersquatters
LONDON AFP — Microsoft, the world's biggest software company, is launching a string of court actions in the United States and Europe against cybersquatters, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Cybersquatting is the practice of using an internet domain name -- such as the misspelt "micrsoft.com" -- to profit...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, brand, Branding, cybersquatting, INTERNET, MARKETING, Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2007-03-14
Cybersquatting's Impact
Cybersquatting's Impactthat's terriblethat's terrible. i really hate having to worry about that on the net.RE: Cybersquatting's Impacti agree
Tags: Cybersquatting
Discussion threads 2007-12-19
Cybersquatting's Impact
Picture a consumer typing in a domain name that intends to reach you. Instead, the consumer slips up in typing the address and ends up with a goody bag full of spyware, viruses, and trojan horses on their computer. That hypothetical occurrence is far more common than you may think....
Tags: Business Operations, Consumer, Cybersquatting, Domain Name, Domain Names, Intellectual Property, Internet, Jonathan Haeber, Research & Development, Security, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms
Blog posts 2007-11-21
Pentagon defends its spy project
The Pentagon is defending an anti-terrorism technology experiment that critics have likened to domestic spying on the financial transactions of ordinary citizens. Pete Aldridge, chief of technology for the Defense Department, told The Associated Press that the project is intended to test whether new computer tools can comb...
Tags: cybersquatting, Pentagon, Salon
Research articles 2002-11-25
Commission seeks views on cybersquatting.(Internet domain name registration)
EUROPEMEDIA-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ The European Commission has launched an online survey seeking the views of European citizens about cybersquatting, as part of its Interactive Policy Making initiative. According to the Commission, some European citizens and...
Tags: commission, cybersquatting, European Commission, INTERNET, SALES
Research articles 2002-07-31
The future of domain name dispute resolution: crafting practical international legal solutions from within the UDRP framework.(ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy)(trademrks)
INTRODUCTION During the last twenty-five years, the Internet has evolved from a United States government research project into a prominent international medium of communication. (1) Throughout this evolution, the domain name system DNS has played a major role in the rise of the Internet's...
Tags: arbitration, Cir, cybersquatting, ICANN, INTERNET, New.net, U.S., World Intellectual Property Organization
Research articles 2001-11-01
Settling domain-name disputes
As officials prepare to roll out seven new top-level domain names (such as .biz, .info and .name), the potential exists for a massive number of Internet domain-name disputes. Now, one Oklahoma City lawyer could play a pivotal role in those legal skirmishes. Joseph Ferretti, an attorney...
Tags: cybersquatting, ICANN, INTERNET
Research articles 2001-07-05
Tech Industry Eagerly Anticipates the Introduction of New Domain Names.
By Jeffrey Krasner, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 30--The next great Internet land grab is about to begin. But developers of the first new domain names in more than a decade hope it will come with a lot...
Tags: Boston Globe, cybersquatting, domain, INTERNET
Research articles 2001-05-30
BBC wins cybersquatting case
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The BBC has won back the rights to the URL bbcnews.com after it was registered by a cybersquatter. The UN body WIPO, which arbitrates in cybersquatting cases, ruled that the US company Data Art Corporation had no right to the trade...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., cybersquatting
Research articles 2000-10-06
BBC wins cybersquatting case - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-6 October 2000-BBC wins cybersquatting case C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The BBC has won back the rights to the URL bbcnews.com after it was registered by a cybersquatter. The UN body WIPO, which arbitrates in cybersquatting cases, ruled that the US company Data Art Corporation had...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., cybersquatting, marketing
Research articles 2000-10-06
Sting loses cybersquatting suit
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British pop musician Sting has failed to evict a 'cybersquatter' from using the web address www.sting.com, failing to prove that his name was a trademark. The owner of the web site, Michael Urvan, claims he has owned the web address...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., C, cybersquatting, INTERNET, MARKETING, Web
Research articles 2000-07-28
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: RECORD NUMBER OF CYBERSQUATTING CASES TAKEN TO WIPO.
Cases have been referred before the Centre by major companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, private individuals, celebrities and organisers of sporting events, and involve parties from 53 countries, proof of the international dimension of the problem. Statistics concerning the geographic spread of plaintiffs and defendants broadly...
Tags: celebrity, cybersquatting, football, ICANN, INTERNET
Research articles 2000-06-29
Don't pay off a cybersquatter!(laws against it)(Government Activity)
Imagine a car parking in front of your driveway and demanding $10,000 to move. You'd call the police and the car would be towed in a few hours! Yet the anything-goes atmosphere of cyberspace had made the comparable act of mass cybersquatting--buying a block of domain ...
Tags: cybersquatting, ICANN, INTERNET
Research articles 2000-03-01
ICANN SELECTS NATIONAL ARBITRATION FORUM TO RESOLVE CYBERSQUATTING DISPUTES.(Industry Trend or Event)
The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN has selected the National Arbitration Forum as one of two organizations in the world to resolve cybersquatting disputes. In a typical cybersquatting case, one party registers the address of a well-known business in hopes of getting...
Tags: arbitration, cybersquatting, ICANN
Research articles 1999-12-27
Cybersquat Thrusts - legislators pushing for the end of cybersquatting - Brief Article
Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have passed separate versions of bills outlawing cybersquatting." According to Congress, cybersquatting occurs when a person registers as an Internet domain name a trademark or famous name to which he does not hold rights, with the intent of turning a buck....
Tags: cybersquatting, INTERNET, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2000-01-01
Icann Selects National Arbitration Forum To Resolve Cybersquatting Disputes - Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers - Industry Trend or Event
The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN has selected the National Arbitration Forum as one of two organizations in the world to resolve cybersquatting disputes. In a typical cybersquatting case, one party registers the address of a well-known business in hopes of getting the business to purchase...
Tags: arbitration, cybersquatting, ICANN
Research articles 1999-12-27
Congressional actions on HMOs, "cybersquatting" and magazine sweepstakes.
Congress won't reach a deal on HMO reform legislation this year. The House will OK a bill to boost liability for employer-sponsored plans and give more power to doctors. A Senate-passed proposal is more modest, and efforts by House-Senate negotiators for a compromise will fall...
Tags: cybersquatting, HEALTHCARE, HMO, sweepstake, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1999-08-27
Tech Legal Week: Apple, Psystar; Verizon; RIM, Motorola; Psion and Netbooks; More
A messy high tech court week at the end of the year includes Apple and Psystar having at each other; Platte River Associates president Jay Leonard pleading guilty to hacking charges; a Department of Justice restraining order against Microsemi; Verizon winning $33.15 in a cybersquatting case; ADAPTIX suing Sprint and...
Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Psion, Verizon Communications Inc., Cybersquatting, Apple Inc., Motorola Inc., Psystar, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2008-12-29

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Cybersquatting to increase.(World Intellectual Property Organization, European Commission fight improper use of Internet domain names)(Brief Article)
The European Commission EC is joining forces with the World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO to fight the improper use of Internet domain names. Both organizations expect that the incidence of cybersquatting is set to increase as they anti The European Commission EC is joining forces with...
Tags: European Commission, Internet, Internet domain, Internet domain name, World Intellectual Property Organization
Research articles 2002-06-01
Anheuser-Busch Favorably Settles Cybersquatting Lawsuit
Business Editors ST. LOUIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 17, 2000 Beer or Michelob Light? A cybersquatter quickly learned it was an easy decision for Anheuser-Busch to go to the courts to bring about an immediate transfer of ownership of the Micheloblight.com domain name. Anheuser-Busch Companies (NYSE: BUD) announced today it...
Tags: Anheuser-Busch, Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.
Research articles 2000-11-17
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