Cybersquatting - 7 Resources

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. Commercial domain names (technically, you reserve a second-level domain name) are obtained from one of several registries, companies authorized to ensure that a domain name you want is unique (no one else already has it) and issue it to you if it is. However, these registries make no attempt to determine whether the domain name is one that rightfully ought to go to someone else. The principle is "First come, first served." For this reason, a number of enterprising individuals and companies have applied for and reserved domain names, either new or expired, that they think someone else will want, either now or in the future. Well-known companies or their products, sports figures and other celebrities, political candidates, and others often discover that someone else has already reserved the domain name (for example, "sammysosa.com") they would most likely want to use. Although trademark laws may offer some protection, it is often cheaper to buy the domain name from the cybersquatter than it is to sue for its use.

• Publications (5)
• Presentations (1)
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Publications (5)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Cybersquatting.

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Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views	Ranking
ERM0244	Protecting Your Good Name in Cyberspace Steve Worona Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2002	6,094
CSD4890	Evicting Cybersquatters Jean Marie Angelo Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,565
CSD2887	Mapping the Digital Public Domain: Threats and Opportunities Pamela Samuelson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	4,963
ERM9731	Domain Name Disputes: The Recent Court Decisions Edmund B. Burke Articles, Papers, and Reports	Educom Review (Archives)	01/01/1997	4,780
CSD4115	Universities Cry Foul After Company Buys Web Addresses AP Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	1,841

Presentations (1)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Cybersquatting

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Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views	Ranking
NTW0206	Cybersquatting, Identity Theft, and Other Network Management Challenges: Strategies for Prevention and Remediation Scott Bearby and Naomi B. Lefkovitz Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	01/01/2002	6,553

Blogs (1)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Social Media Cybersquatting: When your brand is threatened...	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	10/22/2009	32