According to the United States federal law, or also known as the Anticycbersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), the Cybersquatting is defined as “registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent. The main goal is to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else.” Which mean, the cyberdsquatter will offer to sell the domain to the company or personal who owns a trademark that contained within the name at an inflated price!
You must be thinking that it won’t happens to you, but you’re wrong here! All the small business owners who are own or establishing any websites will have the risk to become the next victim of this “Cybersquatting”!
Ok, ok, I knew your now is a little bit anxious about it, but don’t worry as there are some tips to help you of from this Cybersquatting trouble.
- You must trademark your company’s name, tag line, logos and other related matters, as soon as you have registered your company’s name. Remember to keep the proof of trademark for the emergency use!
- Get a domain name as soon as you could, even thought you’ve no any intention to set up your business yet. As the quicker you get the domain name, the better off you’ll be!
- Grab all the .biz, .net, and .mobi extensions of your domain. This for in case, the users typed the wrong extension, they’ll still managed to find your company!
- Remember to keep your domain registration up-to-date. Always pay the registration fee before it’s expired. And, if you didn’t, you’ll risk your domain to be up for grabs! Never ever let this situation happens to you!
- If you’ve been a victim of Cybersquatting, stay calm and don’t panic. Firstly, you might want to contact the person that has registered the domain using “WHOIS Lookup”. And, if the problem still cannot be resolved, then you can file a suit with the ACPA!
If you have any questions about the Cybersquatting, then feels free to speak it out here and I will try my best to help you off!
Thanks for your time…
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