cybersquatting

• Brandjacking is the new cybersquatting, where posers register accounts in other people's names (usually celebrities) or brands (large companies) in order to gain followers, drive traffic to their own causes and even profit from the heists. —  PRWeb
• It has its flaws, but there is a anti-cybersquatting legislation (ACPA) in the US, and there is case law and specific statute in other countries about domain name disputes. —  Vendorprisey
• I won't go into details on the UDRP or the Anti-cybersquatting legislation here, but there is lots of good information on this issue. see —  Vendorprisey
• Companies and celebrities ranging from Arsenal football club to actress Scarlett Johansson filed a record number of "cybersquatting" cases in 2008 to stop others from profiting from their famous names, brands and events, a United Nations agency said on Sunday. —  Hispanic Business Magazine
• I'm totally surprised and fascinated that they will offer a $6 daylong usage deal; it might encourage the kind of cybersquatting Starbucks was trying to discourage. —  Wi-Fi Networking News

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