cybersquatting

Meanings

nouncybersquatting (uncountable)

InternetuncountableThe registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
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Maybe a little broad in your interpretation? Dilution would not have existed in this case if Toeppen were not in the "business" of cybersquatting? The statute does not allow noncommercial use to "dilute", but when a domain name owner suggests money may be taken for the domain name, a problem is created for the DNO, right? This may be a large trap for attorneys advising in this area.
1996, Jeff Kuester, “re: They want to take scooby.com away!”, in misc.int-property (Usenet)
InternetuncountableA form of passing off, often with the intent referred to in the first sense above.
The day after the issuance of the interlocutory injunction he was interviewed by a StarPhoenix reporter as part of a larger article on "Cybersquatting" as the domain name game has come to be called.
2003, D'Anne Davis, Maria Koroneos, “Property” (chapter VIII), in Business Law in Canada Casebok, 4th edition, Toronto, Canada: Prentice Hall (Pearson), →ISBN, Passing Off (section 3), page 211

Chinese Mandarin 域名搶註 /域名抢注

域名搶註 /域名抢注 (yùmíng qiǎngzhù)registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

Finnish nimikaappaus

nimikaappausregistration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

French cybersquatting, cybersquattage

cybersquattingregistration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
cybersquattageregistration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
accaparement de nom de domaineregistration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

Japanese サイバースクワッティング

サイバースクワッティング (saibāsukuwattingu)registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

Russian киберскво́ттинг

киберскво́ттинг (kiberskvótting)registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

Spanish ciberparacaidismo, ciberocupación

ciberparacaidismoregistration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
ciberocupaciónregistration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
ciberokupaciónregistration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

Ukrainian кіберскво́тинґ, кіберскво́тинг

кіберскво́тинґ (kiberskvótyng)registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
кіберскво́тинг (kiberskvótynh)registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

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