\nThanks to your trade name or corporate name (i.e. the name of the company) or your patronymic, you have a prior right. As a result, you are eligible to take action against domain name cybersquatting. <\/p>\n
Reserve a domain name corresponding to a trademark<\/h2>\n
Acquiring a domain name is simple.<\/strong><\/p>\n Domain names are registered with accredited registrars (e.g. Gandi, LWS, Nordnet, Solidnames or Viaduc). The registrar is accredited by a registry, such asAFNIC<\/a> for .FR. Generic or geographic extensions are assigned to registries by ICANN. <\/p>\n When you go to check the availability of a domain name<\/a>, the registrar performs a purely technical domain name search. Either the domain name is already registered, or it is available. <\/p>\n However, a technically free domain name may correspond to a registered trademark. Buying an available domain name corresponding to an existing name may therefore infringe trademark law. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n In the past, domain name cybersquatting has been analyzed as a necessary evil associated with the web, in other words, an epiphenomenon.<\/p>\n The first cases of cybersquatting were speculative domain name registrations. Domain names are registered with a view to monetizing them, in fraud of the rights of the holders of often well-known trademarks. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n For this reason, the cybersquatter tries to sell the domain name back to the trademark owner. What’s more, he installs it on a parking page<\/a> displaying advertising links relating to the trademark, i.e. parasitism<\/strong>. <\/p>\n This speculative cybersquatting<\/a> continues in spite of everything.<\/p>\n On the other hand, disputed domain names are now being used to cause damage on the Internet.<\/p>\n The cybersquatting of domain names is now a major vector for fraud.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n For example, the sale of counterfeit<\/a> products is a malicious use that is on the rise.<\/p>\n Cybersquatted domain names are used for unfair competition and customer misappropriation. Domain names are also used<\/a> to damage brands, by attacking their reputations<\/a>.<\/p>\n Major frauds are perpetrated using squatted domain names. Identity theft<\/a>, phishing<\/a>, scams of all kinds… are all carried out using cybersquatted domains.<\/p>\n Brand Alert will find a domain name that includes your trademark. Take the case of Solidnames’ Brand Alert<\/a>. <\/p>\n This watch detects new domain names registered with your name in all Internet extensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n You’ll receive a full report on the potentially cybersquatted domain name at your e-mail address.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n More specifically, the alert contains a screenshot of the website, the domain name’s “whois”<\/strong> and the host’s DNS servers. DNS records specific to e-mail addresses are also specified, as are the keywords appearing in the title of the web page. <\/p>\n Once a case of domain name cybersquatting has been detected, it needs to be monitored. SecURL” domain name monitoring<\/a> allows you to monitor a specific URL on a daily basis<\/strong>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n For example, you’ll be alerted when a new site is created. You’ll also be notified of any web hosting changes with new IP addresses. <\/p>\n The whois of the domain name is also monitored. If the domain name is not renewed<\/a>, you’ll be alerted via the expiration date watch. <\/p>\n To recover a domain name, you can buy it back<\/a>.<\/p>\n After reaching a financial agreement with the holder, you transfer the domain name using an authorization code.<\/p>\n Solidnames does not recommend buying back cybersquatted domain names. As soon as you pay a cybersquatter, you encourage him to continue registering several squatting domain names… since you’re paying him to do so. <\/p>\n To recover the domain name, legal proceedings are available.<\/p>\n The World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO<\/a>) has also set up an out-of-court procedure<\/strong>. This is commonly referred to as the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP).<\/strong>Register a domain name to sell it back to the brand at a higher price<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDomain names squatted to commit cybercrime<\/h2>\n
\nA domain name can also point to another Internet address. In this case, it’s a redirect to another website. Redirects lose natural traffic<\/a> to your website. <\/p>\nMonitor trademarks on the Internet to detect domain name cybersquatting<\/h2>\n
Recovering a cybersquatted domain name<\/h2>\n
\nSeveral criteria must be met to win the UDRP extrajudicial procedure. <\/p>\n