Re: [ga-udrp] Typo-squatting, Registrars, & the UDRP

["William S. Lovell" <wsl@cerebalaw.com>]

Seems to me that these people have more money than brains. The
registrars are 100% responsible, methinks.  It's a jungle out there,
and all initiated when Network Solutions first conceived the domain
name -- trademark connection and created its "policy."

Bill Lovell

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> There is a practice known as "typo-squatting" where a registrant will
> register multiple variations of a domain name in the attempt to cash in on
> the advertising "hits" generated by the site.  I would ask, to what degree
> are registrars responsible for encouraging this practice that leads to UDRP
> proceedings?
>
> Milton Mueller, in his article "Rough Justice"
> http://dcc.syr.edu/roughjustice.pdf cites the "case of a typo-squatter who
> registered 244 variations on the name of the Swedish Telecommunication
> company Telia".
>
> Currently, you can go to several major registrars and type in (for example)
> amazon.com
> After you are told that the name is taken, you will be offered a choice of
> available derivatives (the list below is from Tucow's DomainDirect, but it
> could have just as easily come from also every other registrar out there):
>
> 1-800-amazon.net
> 1-800-amazon.org
> 123amazon.com
> 123amazon.net
> 123amazon.org
> 1stamazon.com
> 1stamazon.net
> 1stamazon.org
> 24-7amazon.com
> 24-7amazon.net
> 24-7amazon.org
> 411amazon.net
> 411amazon.org
> allamazon.net
> allamazon.org
> amazon123.com
> amazon123.net
> amazon123.org
> amazon2001.net
> amazon2001.org
> amazon24-7.com
> amazon24-7.net
> amazon24-7.org
> amazon411.com
> amazon411.net
> amazon411.org
> amazon4ever.com
> amazon4ever.net
> amazon4ever.org
> amazon4you.net
> amazon4you.org
> amazonandmore.com
> amazonandmore.net
> amazonandmore.org
> amazonbiz.net
> amazonbiz.org
> amazoncenter.net
> amazoncenter.org
> amazoncentral.net
> amazoncentral.org
> amazonchat.net
> amazonchat.org
> amazoncity.org
> amazonclub.net
> amazonclub.org
> amazoncompany.com
> amazoncompany.net
> amazoncompany.org
> amazondirect.net
> amazondirect.org
> amazonforever.net
> amazonforever.org
> amazonhelp.com
> amazonhelp.net
> amazonhelp.org
> amazoninc.net
> amazoninc.org
> amazonland.net
> amazonland.org
> amazonmania.com
> amazonmania.net
> amazonmania.org
> amazonmegasite.com
> amazonmegasite.net
> amazonmegasite.org
> amazonmusic.net
> amazonmusic.org
> amazonnews.net
> amazonnews.org
> amazononline.com
> amazononline.org
> amazonpages.com
> amazonpages.net
> amazonpages.org
> amazonplace.com
> amazonplace.net
> amazonplace.org
> amazonplanet.net
> amazonplanet.org
> amazonquest.net
> amazonsale.net
> amazonsale.org
> amazonshop.com
> amazonshop.org
> amazonsite.com
> amazonsite.org
> amazonstore.org
> amazonsupersite.com
> amazonsupersite.net
> amazonsupersite.org
> amazontech.net
> amazontech.org
> amazontime.com
> amazontime.net
> amazontime.org
> amazonuniverse.net
> amazonuniverse.org
> amazonway.net
> amazonway.org
> amazonworld.net
> amazonworld.org
> amazonzone.net
> amazonzone.org
> bestamazon.net
> bestamazon.org
> buyamazon.com
> buyamazon.org
> clubamazon.net
> clubamazon.org
> coolamazon.net
> coolamazon.org
> cyberamazon.net
> cyberamazon.org
> directamazon.com
> directamazon.net
> directamazon.org
> easyamazon.com
> easyamazon.net
> easyamazon.org
> firstamazon.com
> firstamazon.net
> firstamazon.org
> go2amazon.net
> go2amazon.org
> goamazon.com
> goamazon.net
> goamazon.org
> gotoamazon.net
> gotoamazon.org
> greatamazon.com
> greatamazon.net
> greatamazon.org
> justamazon.net
> justamazon.org
> megaamazon.net
> megaamazon.org
> moreamazon.com
> moreamazon.net
> moreamazon.org
> onlineamazon.com
> onlineamazon.net
> onlineamazon.org
> virtualamazon.org
> webamazon.net
> webamazon.org
>
> Are the registrars, in effect, part of the problem?  Please note that these
> choices which arise from "string" variables can also lead to registrations
> that may later become victim to "reverse domain name hijacking" as well.
>
> Perhaps one question we should ask is... what percentage of the UDRP cases
> involved typosquatting and/or reverse domain name hijacking?
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