A Potential New Weapon Against Cybersquatters

Law360, New York (March 6, 2015, 8:12 AM EST) -- What's a trademark owner to do? With the ever-expanding number of domain suffixes, a trademark owner now needs to worry about potentially hundreds and thousands of domains that can be used for cybersquatting on a given mark. The owner can file proceedings under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy[1] seeking cancellation or transfer of these domains. But since these domains can be quickly replaced by other domains by other registrants, or can be snapped up if canceled, the owner can resign herself to an eternity of UDRP proceedings. Although a given UDRP may be relatively cheap, the costs of repeated UDRPs can add up....

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