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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
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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.
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