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cybersquatting

cybersquatting noun: the registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.

Noun

cybersquatting (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
    • 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...1996, Jeff Kuester, “re: They want to take scooby.com away!”, in misc.int-property (Usenet)
  2. (Internet) A 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

Origin of cybersquatting

From cyber- + squatting.

Questions about cybersquatting

What does cybersquatting mean?
Cybersquatting means the registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
What part of speech is cybersquatting?
Cybersquatting is a noun.

Words near cybersquatting in the dictionary

  1. cybersquat
  2. cybersquats
  3. cybersquatted
  4. cybersquatter
  5. cybersquatters
  6. cybersquatting
  7. cyberstalk
  8. cyberstalked
  9. cyberstalker
  10. cyberstalkers
  11. cyberstalking

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