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cybersquatting
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cybersquatting [ˈsaɪbəˌskwɒtɪŋ]
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) the practice of registering an Internet domain name that is likely to be wanted by another person, business, or organization in the hope that it can be sold to them for a profit
cybersquatter  n
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cybersquatting [ˈsaɪbərskwɒtɪŋ] n → cybersquatting m
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188) But the ACPA does contain a right to sue those who cybersquat on personal names, (189) though its characteristics differ in important respects from the protections provided to trademark owners.
What the right of publicity can learn from trademark law by Dogan, Stacey L.; Lemley, Mark A. / Stanford Law Review
Speculators began to cybersquat in the early to mid-1990s, coincident with the public's gaining widespread access to the Internet.
The European Union Data Privacy Directive and international relations by Salbu, Steven R. / Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Byline: Matt Kelly THERE won't be a better time to cybersquat a famous name than next Monday, when hundreds of domains, once the property of US celebrity net agency CelebSites.
kelly's i: Net News by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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