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Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - penguinmama - 11-19-2006 Yep. I read one where the guy was essentially giving a place FREE ADVERTISING...and they SUED him! It was a long drawn-out process, which he logged and posted on his 'new' sites - which were based on the original site, such as "originalsitesucks.com" etc. I don't know if he won or not... I should look it up again and see... but he *should* have, if he didn't, in my opinion. Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - Dave Zan - 11-19-2006 LyricB Wrote:Can someone explain what cybersquatting is to me? Is that where you buy a domain name similar to something that is already trademarked? Something like that. While the link below isn't the official definition, it should give you a few ideas how it goes: Cybersquatting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote:According to the U.S. federal law known as the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, cybersquatting is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price. Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - penguinmama - 11-19-2006 Quote:cybersquatting is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from You can read how this is misinterpreted, etc, in the case I mentioned above, at the site "taubmansucks.com" Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - LyricB - 11-19-2006 Okay, that makes sense. So if you're not attempting to profit from it, is it still cyber squatting? Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - oljiaoyi - 12-02-2006 I've never been accused and, except for a few high profile case, never heard of anyone getting accused. I suspect the threat is overstated. Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - Dave Zan - 12-02-2006 oljiaoyi Wrote:I've never been accused and, except for a few high profile case, never heard of anyone getting accused. I suspect the threat is overstated. Some love to overstate things. But others are very, very real. Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - scalamedia - 12-04-2006 It seems that it must be when a domain is to close for comfort to something already trademarked? Or maybe it is simply when a trademark holder neglect to cover their bases and obtain related domain names? Just guessing here. Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - LyricB - 12-06-2006 I'm guessing it must be hard to prove someone's intent, isn't it? I'm just guessing here. Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - Dave Zan - 12-07-2006 LyricB Wrote:I'm guessing it must be hard to prove someone's intent, isn't it? I'm just guessing here. Well, if you can't even guess why I'm posting here, then I guess it's hard to figure out someone's intent for the domain name. Kidding aside, some experienced attorneys I know have figured out ways to at least determine a measure of intent. They adjust according to how things play out. Anyone Ever Get Accused of Cyber Squatting? - LyricB - 12-07-2006 Hmmm...so I guess that's why lawyers make the big bucks, huh? Seeing as they can figure out intent.... |