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The practice followed by companies or individuals to take generic domain names aways from their owners by making false claims of trade mark violantion is known as
Cyber squatting is a crime against the laws and regulations of cyber law. It can be defined as registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith i.e. mala fide intent to make profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cyber squatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price. The term is derived from “squatting” which is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use. Cyber squatting however is a bit different in that the domain names that are being ”squatted” are (sometimes but not always) being paid for through the registration process by the Cyber squatters. Cyber squatters usually ask for prices far greater than that at which they purchased it. Some cyber squatter put up derogatory or defamatory remarks about the person or company the domain is meant to represent in an effort to encourage the subject to buy the domain from them. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) saw a 20 per cent increase in the number of cyber squatting (abusive registration of trademark as domain names ) cases field in 2005 as compared to 2004. In 2005, a total of 1,456 cyber squatting cases were filed with WIPO’s Abritration and Mediation Centre.
A:
Reverse generic branding
B:
Reverse Domain Hijacking
C:
Direct Domain Hijacking
D:
Direct generic branding
The answer is:
B
