Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy Archives

Reverse domain hijacking

October 17, 2013November 12, 2009 by nicholas

Domain hijacking is the process of transferring ownership of a domain name without the permission of the registrant (domain owner). This is usually done by hacking into their registrar account or tricking them into giving away their password, by pretending to be their registrar.

Reverse domain hijacking is where someone tries to claim the rights to a domain and use legal threats or UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy) action to have a domain transferred to them from the current owner who also has full right to own and the same domain.

Evicting Domain Cybersquaters

October 17, 2013November 2, 2009 by nicholas

Do you run a business that holds a trademark? Have
you gone to yourbusiness.com, only to find someone else has registered
the domain? If the domain is parked or is for sale, this may be what is known as
‘cybersquatting’.

Cybersquatting is where someone registers a domain
name they know is (or contains) a trademark, with the intent of selling it to
the trademark holder at an inflated price. Cybersquatting also includes any
other bad faith intent to profit from the use of a domain, containing a
trademark. There are practices similar to cybersquatting, such as typosquatting,
which is registering variants of popular trademarks or typos of trademarks
(hence the name).