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12-Jul-2007
Cybersquatting and Typosquatting
With the increase in ecommerce and the necessity of a web presence for any business, protecting trademarks has become increasingly important, as large companies face the risk of their valuable traffic being hijacked by cyber- and typo-squatters. Cybersquatting is the...
09-Jul-2007
Hosting: Money-Back Guarantees
Many hosting companies now offer money-back guarantees. These come in various flavours, and it is worth checking out precisely what you are getting. A guarantee makes buying hosting, or anyth...
09-Jul-2007
Hosting: Terms of Service
As with software, and with any other service you can sign up for online, you will have to agree to a Terms of Service document, and often also an Acceptable Usage Policy, during the process of opening an account with a web Copyright Disputes Hosting
04-Jul-2007
What is ICANN?
In 1998 a non-profit organisation was set up overseeing the Internet’s functionality at the US government (and other bodies) request. Previously the only company managing domain name registration wa...
03-Jul-2007
Cybersquatting
Getting clicks and traffic by accident appears to be big business. And by "big" I mean worth MILLIONS of dollars! While typosquatting is unfortunately not a new online marketing practice, its use and, moreover, its ABUSE has grown significantly and exponentially sin...
03-Jul-2007
Domain Registrant Legal Appeals
In a landmark case, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has just stated that domain names, despite their virtual nature, should be treated exactly as a "plot of land" would be. This is a huge victory for all domain name registrants, not just for Gary Kremen...
03-Jul-2007
Trademarks - Domain Names & Domain Name Registration
If you have or are about to purchase a domain name, YOU could be in trouble and you don't even know it yet... See, what the domain sellers won't tell you is that the domain name you are purchasing or have purchased can possibly infringe on trademark rights and you can...
02-Jul-2007
Is Your Domain Name A Trademark Infringement?
By Shelley Lowery I recently received an email from a concerned, fellow Internet business owner, asking for my opinion on an issue that could literally destroy his Internet business and the business of several other domains involved. He had received legal n...
02-Jul-2007
Domain Name Game
The Widgets Corporation decides to start a Web site and naturally wants to name it Widgets.Com. But much to the consternation of its management, it discovers there already is a Widgets.com. Someone else has registered the domain name and Widgets is stuck. It happens every day ...