Cybersquatting: A Case of First Come/First Served or Piracy on the Cyber-Seas?

Authors

Michael E. Whitman, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
Anthony M. Townsend, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Robert J. Aalberts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 1999

Abstract

Investigates registration of domain names of, or similar to, the names and trademarks of large corporations, with the purpose of selling the domain names to the corporations at considerable profit. Threat of legal recourse to force green-mailers to surrender this intellectual property; Federal Trademark Dilution Act.