<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Netflix has obtained the transfer of a disputed domain name associating it with VIP(netflixvip.com<\/a>). The address was used in 2017 to redirect to a competing website offering pirated copies of works offered by the subscription video-on-demand platform. <\/p>\n In 2016, a cybersquatter registered the two Iranian domain names utube.ir and youtube.ir<\/a>. The disputed domain names are used to redirect to a video-sharing site www.fars.tv, the same business as YouTube. <\/p>\n Facebook has reclaimed the domain name facebookghana.com<\/a> using the notoriety of the famous social network in favor of another local network named www.ghananation.com.<\/a> The social network won another out-of-court procedure for 101 domain names featuring Facebook or Instragram in the .TOP NewgTLD<\/a>, redirecting users to the socialmarketingmadness.com site, where they can buy “Likes” or “Followers”. <\/p>\n The Club Med vacation clubs have taken a dim view of the domain names clubmedbarmitzvah.com and clubmedbatmitzvah.com<\/a>, using their trademark to sell vacations on the Destination Mitzvah website. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In February 2017, Danish roof window brand Velux, recovered the disputed domain name devis-velux.com<\/a> redirecting to the generic site devis-couvreur.com offering other brands.<\/p>\n In 2016, a cybersquatter registered the domain name of lingerie brand calzedonia.online<\/a>, redirecting it to the website of its competitor Victoria’s Secret. The registrant demands $250,000 to surrender the cybersquatted domain name and the malicious redirect<\/strong>. The Italian brand offered 250 euros, which was rejected by the defendant, who reduced his counter-proposal to 2,500 euros, which was also rejected. <\/p>\n Cosmetics retailer Sephora discovered that sephora.ir<\/a> redirects to www.nela.ir, a Persian website selling beauty care and cosmetic products. Before recovering the domain name in an out-of-court procedure, the cybersquatter offered to sell the cybersquatted domain name for $10,000. <\/p>\n An alleged Disney fan uses the two domain names disneyinsider.com and insidedisney.com<\/a> to redirect them to a site dedicated to The Jungle Book. He asks Disney for a lifetime subscription to the Disney Vacation Club in Key West, Florida, in order to give up the cybersquatted domain names. <\/p>\n Cybersquatted domain names can take over brand names and redirect them to malicious sites. The Foot Locker brand has recovered the domain name footlocker-fr.com<\/a>, redirected to a counterfeit store<\/a> selling counterfeit brand shoes. <\/p>\nRedirect to a competitor’s website<\/h2>\n
Speculative redirection<\/h2>\n
Redirection to counterfeit sites<\/strong><\/h2>\n