| South Africa - Hijacked Domain Names |
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WHAT TO DO WHEN SOME CYBER PIRATE HIJACKS YOUR DOMAIN NAME In the Internet Age, having the right domain name to host your website and e-mail can literally make or break your business. So if a cybersquatter, or an unscrupulous competitor, gets to register "your" domain name first, you could be in big trouble if you have to wade through a long and expensive Court process to protect your rights. The good news is that you now have available a fast, relatively inexpensive way of challenging someone else's registration of a domain name. You will need to show that the registration is either
One registered a domain in the trading name, the other objected. In the end, the objector wasn't able to prove that the name was distinctive to it, and lost the domain name (a good lesson in the dangers of not protecting your trademarks upfront). |