Remedies Against Cyberpirates

This article summarizes the old and new remedies available under U.S. law to trademark owners against 'cyberpirates' (who register, but do not use, trade marks as domain names) or others who seek to exploit the owners protected trademarks as their own domain names.

Remedies Against Cyberpirates

How owners can protect their trademarks as domain names

Hugh Latimer Tom QueenandBen Reed,Wiley Rein & Fielding

One of the hottest issues in trademark law is the current conflicts arising between trademark owners and domain name registrants over the right to use particular names as Web site addresses. Trademark owners often believe that any right to register a trademark as a domain name is theirs by virtue of their trademark ownership. Many domain name registrants, however, have sought to 'lock-up' as many names as possible in order to profit from a later sale...

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