2. What is Cybersquatting? Cybersquatting is the use of a domain name to make a profit off a trademark belonging to someone else.
3. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act To help solve the problem of cybersquatting, the government created the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999. This act allows a trademark owner to bring a cause of action against a domain name registrant
4. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act This law was created because the old law would allow cybersquatters to sell domain names and not get in trouble. The courts realize that cybersquatters could violate the law without the type of tarnishing that the law required.
5. Panavision v. Toeppen The best example of how the old law was weak is Panavision v. Toeppen. Where Toeppen bought the domain namePanavision.com, and offer to sell it to them for $13,000. The courts ruled that under the old law that Toeppen did not violate anything
6. How Communication Professionals Can Follow The Law Do not tarnish the name of another company on the internet. Do not make websites tarnishing other companies, such as walmartsucks.com Do not buy domain names of other companies, and try to sell the domain name.
