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The War Over the Future of WHOIS

Plagiarism Today

For over 20 years, the WHOIS system remained one of the key pieces of internet architecture. It was a powerful tool, if an imperfect one, for investigating a wide range of internet issues, legal and otherwise. It was a powerful tool, if an imperfect one, for investigating a wide range of internet issues, legal and otherwise.

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ICANN Simplifies Requests For Hidden Domain Name Registration Data

TorrentFreak

Much like regular websites operated by governments, companies, organizations, and the general public, most internet-based piracy services can be accessed using a domain name. Domain names also play an important role in conveying branding and as a result can be worth considerable sums of money.

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Protecting Digital Identities: Trademarks, Domain Names, and the Menace of Cyber-Squatting

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In the current era, especially the period post COVID-19, there has been a tremendous growth in the internet traffic and this advancement has helped merchants to drastically expand their businesses online through utilisation of domain names. They correspond with IP addresses and are easier to remember and type.

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Cybersquatting Web3 Domain Names

Traverse Legal Blog

What happens when someone registers your trademark or personal name on these web3 extensions? Let’s talk about trademark protection and domain names. domain name system 9.com,net,edu,xyz) Cyberquatting Domain Names. As the internet expanded, confusion about domain names and trademarks persisted.

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Cybersquatting – A Menace in Digital India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Domain names are the most important assets in today’s digital era. All companies ensure that their domain names co-relate with their respective trademarks. It helps the consumer correlate and identify the company based on their trademark. Suppose an individual or a company registers a domain name.

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Trademark Issues: How is Social Media Becoming the New Target for Cybersquatting?

Kashishipr

A trademark refers to a legally registered word or symbol representing a specific product or service of a company. Therefore, we can say that a trademark serves as a helping hand in gaining more uniqueness and popularity everywhere, including on platforms as prevalent as the internet. How Cybersquatters Tarnish a Brand on Social Media.

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Govts. Must ‘Encourage or Compel’ Internet Companies to Fight Piracy

TorrentFreak

The numbers are huge; over $29 billion in lost revenue for movies and TV shows alone each year, plus the loss of up to 560,000 jobs. The numbers are huge; over $29 billion in lost revenue for movies and TV shows alone each year, plus the loss of up to 560,000 jobs.