The Conservative MP said: "The practice of bulk-purchasing domain names or '
cyber-squatting' is almost as old as the internet itself.
This may mean putting in place mechanisms to monitor against misuse, infringements,
cyber-squatting, and misappropriation of the brand.
There is always a need for deploying efforts to guarantee that there is no gaps in e-payment, which may lead to
cyber-squatting on the money.
Marti has represented clients in a wide range of cases involving trademarks, false advertising, unfair competition, copyrights, trade secrets,
cyber-squatting and computer fraud and abuse matters before various U.S.
"These have included people setting up fake accounts and pretending to be business owners (called
cyber-squatting), through to a hotel receiving a lot of malicious negative comments.
As a result, the level of
cyber-squatting fell for some years.
Henry Platten "These have included people setting up fake accounts and pretending to be business owners (called
cyber-squatting), through to a hotel receiving a lot of malicious negative comments.
To prevent so-called
cyber-squatting, when people register and sit on a high-profile name in the hope of selling it, gTLD owners will be expected to maintain operational sites.
GENEVA: British designer John Galliano, who was sacked by fashion house Christian Dior for his alleged anti-Semitic behaviour, won a
cyber-squatting case on Wednesday.
Which isn't surprising given that the number of
cyber-squatting sites - ones pretending to be famous brands - increased by 33% last year on top of a 33% increase the year before.