Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org

The deliberate, bad faith registration of domain names that violates a trade or service marks rights is not restricted to famous and well-known marks only, but personality names and names of institute of higher learning have also been vulnerable to such predatory practices. Two separate searches fo...

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Main Authors: Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol, Safinaz Mohd Hussein, Siti Naaishah Hambali
Format: Article
Published: Fakulti Undang - Undang 2003
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1652/
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spelling ukm-16522019-05-14T04:43:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1652/ Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol, Safinaz Mohd Hussein, Siti Naaishah Hambali, The deliberate, bad faith registration of domain names that violates a trade or service marks rights is not restricted to famous and well-known marks only, but personality names and names of institute of higher learning have also been vulnerable to such predatory practices. Two separate searches for the term ‘ukm’ using the WHOIS database reveal that four out of five of the generic top level domains, only one registrant has a legitimate interest to use ‘ukm’ for its domain name. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia should submit a complaint under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Proceedings (UDRP) to recover the relevant domain names Fakulti Undang - Undang 2003 Article PeerReviewed Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol, and Safinaz Mohd Hussein, and Siti Naaishah Hambali, (2003) Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org. Jurnal Undang-undang, 7 . ISSN 1394-7729 http://ejournal.ukm.my/juum
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description The deliberate, bad faith registration of domain names that violates a trade or service marks rights is not restricted to famous and well-known marks only, but personality names and names of institute of higher learning have also been vulnerable to such predatory practices. Two separate searches for the term ‘ukm’ using the WHOIS database reveal that four out of five of the generic top level domains, only one registrant has a legitimate interest to use ‘ukm’ for its domain name. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia should submit a complaint under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Proceedings (UDRP) to recover the relevant domain names
format Article
author Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol,
Safinaz Mohd Hussein,
Siti Naaishah Hambali,
spellingShingle Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol,
Safinaz Mohd Hussein,
Siti Naaishah Hambali,
Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org
author_facet Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol,
Safinaz Mohd Hussein,
Siti Naaishah Hambali,
author_sort Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol,
title Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org
title_short Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org
title_full Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org
title_fullStr Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org
title_full_unstemmed Cybersquatting of UKM domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org
title_sort cybersquatting of ukm domains: ukm.biz; ukm.com; ukm.info; ukm.net; ukm.org
publisher Fakulti Undang - Undang
publishDate 2003
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1652/
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