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cybersquatting definition - legal
n
The registering of a domain
name on the Internet in the hope of selling or licensing it at a profit to a
person or entity who wishes to use it. If the domain name is identical or
confusingly similar to a trademark used by that person or entity, the owner of
the trademark has a cause of action against whoever registered and is holding
on to the name. Also called cyberpiracy, domain name grabbing, and domain name
piracy.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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