cybersquatting
Also known as domain squatting
Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting) is the practice of registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name, with a bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The term is derived from "squatting", which is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent, or otherwise have permission to use.
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- Terminology
- Legal resolution
- International
- In the United States of America
- In Spain
- Notable cases
- With litigation
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- France
- United Kingdom
- United States
- India
- Without litigation
- Social media
- Efforts to curtail cybersquatting in social media
- Sources
- See also
- References
- External links
Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting) is the practice of registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name, with a bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The term is derived from "squatting", which is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent, or otherwise have permission to use.
==Terminology==