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cybersquatting, n.
Brit. |ˈsʌɪbəˌskwɒtɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈsaɪbərˌskwɑdɪŋ|
[‹ cyber- comb. form + squatting n. Compare cybersquatter n.]
The practice of registering a well-known company, brand, or personal name as an Internet domain name, in the hope of later selling it at a profit to the holder of the name.
1996N.Y. Law Jrnl. 27 Nov. 36/2 The court next found that..[his] ‘business’—‘to register domain names and then to sell the domain names to the trademarks' owners,’ or as commentators have termed it, ‘cybersquatting’—was a dilutive ‘commercial use’. 2002A. Poltrorak & P. Lerner Essent. Intellect. Prop. ix. 179 Victims of cybersquatting can have recourse to the federal courts, where they may seek to recover the domain name owner's profits, actual damages, and costs. 2007Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 30 July iii. 7/6 So-called cybersquatting costs companies worldwide more than $1 billion annually. |