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cybersquattingRegistering an Internet domain name for the purpose of reselling it for a profit. One of the more notable transactions was the domain name wallstreet.com, which was registered in 1994 for $70 and sold for one million in 1999. Some people have registered every common name and name combination they can think of with the hopes of making a profit. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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P&F said the service includes "thousands" of digests as well as topical commentaries and regular coverage of e-commerce, privacy, cybersquatting, spamming, jurisdiction, defamation, linking and framing, content regulation, domain names, taxation, securities, pornography, gambling, free speech and the FCC. Actor Rip Tom ("The Larry Sanders Show," "Men in Black") won the latest Hollywood cybersquatting case over the domain name "riptorn. Rather than relying on one theory to get the relief, it presented four: common law trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair business practices and cybersquatting. |
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