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Selling vs Cybersquatting - What's the difference?

selling | cybersquatting |

As nouns the difference between selling and cybersquatting

is that selling is action of the verb to sell while cybersquatting is (computing) the registration of a well-known brand or company name as an internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.

As a verb selling

is .

selling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • Action of the verb to sell .
    • buyings and sellings

    cybersquatting

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date
  • * 1996 , Jeff Kuester, re: They want to take scooby.com away! [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.int-property/xI71ETBPmaY/9iwZdg-ULFAJ], misc.int-property:
    • Maybe a little broad in your interpretation? Dilution would not have existed in this case if Toeppen were not in the "business" of cybersquatting ? The statute does not allow noncommercial use to "dilute", but when a domain name owner suggests money may be taken for the domain name, a problem is created for the DNO, right? This may be a large trap for attorneys advising in this area.