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Background
  What are domain
  names?
  InterNIC and NSI
  Registration
  Conflict Resolution

Problems
  Trademarks
  Confusion
  Grabbing

Proposals
  US Green Paper
  gTLD-MoU

Conclusion

Resources
  References
  Examples
  About the group

Who really does own a name? Perhaps domain names belong to the highest bidder. Domain name distribution certainly is not agreed upon by all. What happens when everyone wants the same domain name? How do trademarks protect people from others taking domain names? What about when people try to take names that sound like other names or try to disguise the nature of their webpage. All of these issues shed light into the problems that domain names give. The following links explore more indepth the following problems with domain names.

Trademark Issues and Domain Names

Trademark rights have caused some companies to complain about the domain names taken by other companies or individuals. Trademark laws effect how names are sometimes handed over to companies who claim rights to a name.

Confusion Surrounding Domain Names

Companies sometimes take advantage of mispellings of domain names that surfers might use. Or they may take advantage of names that seem to refer to another product.

Domain Name Grabbing

Popular domain names can be bought up by people or companies who will sell to the highest bidder. Or sometimes companies will buy the domain name that seems to belong to their competitor and use it for negative advertising of the competitor.