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Large-Scale Registration of Domains with Typographical Errors
A case study documenting over 5000 registrations by notorious cybersquatter John Zuccarini. Most are typographic variations on well-known names, most provide sexually-explicit content and popups, and some are variants on sites typically used by children.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/typo-domains/
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Shame On The AFMA
Documents the failed attempt by the American Film Marketing Association to seize the domain name afm.com (American Flea Market).
http://www.shameontheafma.com/
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Trademark Protection on the Internet in for Non Top-Level Domains Used as Top-level Domains
Overview of trademark protection for country code domain names marketed as alternatives to top level domains.
http://www.inventionpatent.net/trademark/trademark-domain-name-1.cfm
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EFF Wins Partial Victory in Ford Case
Press release on dismissal of trademark claims against jaguarcenter.com, jaguarentusiastsclub.com, vintagevolvo.com, and others, and denying "in rem" jurisdiction.
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/Ford_v_GreatDomains/20020110_eff_pr.html
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Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Domain Names and Trademarks
FAQs and advice on how to defend against claims of domain name trademark infringement and other legal scare tactics, compiled by students at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.
http://www.chillingeffects.org/domain/
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Typosquatters Turn Flubs Into Cash
An article on typosquatting - capitalizing on mistyped names.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-502915.html?legacy=zdnn
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National Arbitration Forum: Domain Dispute
Instructions on filing complaints or responses, details of specific dispute resolution services, and an archive of past decisions.
http://domains.adrforum.com/
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Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre
Hong Kong-based dispute resolution institute offers a procedural guide for claims filed by trademark owners. Includes an index of decisions made in each of its three branches.
http://www.adndrc.org/
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Register: Choc giant heavies 'kinder' charity
Ferrero wants to protect its brand in cyberspace, as Austrian kids' charity kinder.at recently discovered. Concerned that the organisation has taken the little-known German word kinder (children) as its domain name, Ferrero has run whining to WIPO. By Le
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/27/choc_giant_heavies_kinder_charity/
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Register: Reuters Cybersquats on Man's Domain
Article about Reuters' refusal to relinquish reters.com to Mr. Stanley Reters. By Kieren McCarthy.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/21/reuters_cybersquats_on_mans_domain/
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