{"id":883,"date":"2019-10-02T11:37:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T10:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/?page_id=883"},"modified":"2022-12-27T16:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T15:15:21","slug":"cybersquatting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/cybersquatting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersquatting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"eplus-NOZqzT eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s a <em>cybersquatting<\/em>?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-1m9xck eplus-wrapper\"><strong><em>Cyber\u00adsquat\u00adting<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>is a prac\u00adtice that con\u00adsists in tak\u00ading a domain name by reg\u00adis\u00adter\u00ading it, using or men\u00adtion\u00ading a trade\u00admark, a busi\u00adness name, a patronym or any name on which the appli\u00adcant has any right, in order to make mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal or moral prof\u00adit from its cur\u00adrent or future noto\u00adri\u00adety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-0YiOSq eplus-wrapper\"><strong>The <em>cybersquatting\u2019s <\/em>pur\u00adpos\u00ades can be dif\u00adfer\u00adent:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-aed58b\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Resell\nor bar\u00adgain the domain name with the legit\u00adi\u00admate brand;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Block\naccess to the name, the trade\u00admarks;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Dam\u00adage\nthe brand or the legit\u00adi\u00admate company\u2019s image, by asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00ading for exam\u00adple, a\ndomain name to a porn web\u00adsite;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Ben\u00ade\u00adfit\nfrom the brand\u2019s noto\u00adri\u00adety to attract the traf\u00adfic on web\u00adsite by using a domain\nname ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Asso\u00adciate\nthe domain name to a fraud\u00adu\u00adlent web\u00adsite used for a \u00ab phish\u00ading \u00bb attack or to\ngive cred\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty to a scam cir\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00ading by spam;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Asso\u00adciate\na domain name to a web\u00adsite which dis\u00adplays coun\u00adter\u00adfeit prod\u00aducts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Use\nthe domain name for the spam mails send\u00ading.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-X02Kna eplus-wrapper\">Some <strong>cyber\u00adsquat\u00adters<\/strong>\nauto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly mon\u00adi\u00adtor domain names of well-known com\u00adpa\u00adnies, hop\u00ading that they\nfor\u00adget to renew their domain name. These names will imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly be re-reg\u00adis\u00adtered\nwith the pur\u00adpose to car\u00adry out a pos\u00adsi\u00adble finan\u00adcial nego\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtion\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-Wvikq2 eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to protect against <em>cybersquatting<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-f86ac0\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Nameshield pro\u00advides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/brand-protection\/domain-names-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading of trade\u00admarks and domain names\u2019 reg\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtions<\/a> in order to be imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly alert\u00aded from all cas\u00ades of <strong>cyber\u00adsquat\u00adting<\/strong> affect\u00ading your brands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-bf732d\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">In order to fight against these <strong>cyber\u00adsquat\u00adting<\/strong> actions and assert your rights, a team of Nameshield\u2019s experts will imple\u00adment a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/brand-protection\/recovery-procedures-and-paralegal-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tar\u00adget\u00aded legal action to recu\u00adper\u00adate your rights on the cyber\u00adsquat\u00adted domain name<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-PhG2ck eplus-wrapper\"><em>Source:\nNameshield\u2019s White paper \u2013 Under\u00adstand\u00ading domain names<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s a cyber\u00adsquat\u00adting? Cyber\u00adsquat\u00adting is a prac\u00adtice that con\u00adsists in tak\u00ading a domain name by reg\u00adis\u00adter\u00ading it, using or men\u00adtion\u00ading a trade\u00admark, a busi\u00adness name, a patronym or any name on which the appli\u00adcant has any right, in order to make mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal or moral prof\u00adit from its cur\u00adrent or future noto\u00adri\u00adety. The cybersquatting\u2019s pur\u00adpos\u00ades can\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/cybersquatting\/\" class rel=\"bookmark\">Read More \u00bb<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cyber\u00adsquat\u00adting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":861,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-883","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cybersquatting - Definition and how to protect against this attack?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What\u2019s a cybersquatting and how to protect against it? 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