Woman Who Lost Lawsuit for Squatting on Man’s Name Forced to Pay Plaintiff’s Legal Fees Too

November 20, 2012 by

A lot of people have had UDRPs filed against them or been sued for registering a domain based on a celebrity’s name. However, under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, a person doesn’t have to be a celebrity for you to get in trouble if you register their name as a domain, then try to sell it to them for a profit.

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Woman Who Lost Lawsuit for Squatting on Man’s Name Forced to Pay Plaintiff’s Legal Fees Too

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Report: Universities Snap Up .XXX Domains

December 12, 2011 by

Several Universities have begun buying .xxx domain names associated with their name in order to protect them from being used to host pornographic content.

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The Worldwide Web Just Went Global (Search Engine Watch)

November 3, 2009 by

All countries soon will be able to apply for Internet extensions reflecting their name and using their own characters. It will be interesting to see what impact this has on search engines, domains, and trademark specialists. …

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The Worldwide Web Just Went Global (Search Engine Watch)

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Reverse Osmosis: A Publicly Traded American Corporation Switches from .Com to .US

July 1, 2009 by

A publicly traded American corporation has changed their name and moved from their .com website to the .us version of their new name. Here’s why

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