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Coming to terms with the language of cybersquatting

By Maija Palmer in London

Published: March 14 2007 06:01 | Last updated: March 14 2007 06:01

■ Cybersquatting: Registering or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter either offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns the trademark for an inflated price, or makes money from “domain parking”.

■ Typosquatting: A form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes made by internet users when typing a website address into a web browser - for example myspac.com rather than myspace.com. Should a user accidentally enter an incorrect website address, they may be led to an alternative address owned by a cybersquatter.

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