Domain Name Dispute Resolution

According to the National Arbitration Forum, or NAF, more people are looking to make money off of typing errors that people make when typing the names of well known websites. It 's quite common to see the letters be reversed or additional letters that is added when the type of people. For example, when you try to access google.com, some people could end up typing goggle.com.

Strange as it may seem, but it is entirely possible to register domain names that are misspelled names of well known websites. There are sites known as cybersquatters. In fact, cybersquatting is a business like the money runs many advertisers flock to these sites to get wrong as they know their ads seen that these sites attract large traffic. In other words, cybersquatters take advantage of people misspelling popular websites in order to make large sums of money through advertising.

Before rushing to register a domain name wrong, you should know that cybersquatting is an illegal practice when intentions are to make money with a brand that belongs to another company or individual.

Usually, disputes relating to domain names are managed by ICANN or Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. However, the injured party has the freedom to approach a normal court or even take the help of arbitration to resolve the dispute.

National Arbitration Forum (NAF) is an independent agency hired by ICANN to resolve these types of disputes. Usually, the Forum allows cases to be presented, which are then examined and resolved by neutral arbitrators who are experts in the field of domain names, copyright laws, trademark or electronic commerce. NAF arbitrators are based in many countries and, therefore, disputes can be resolved, no matter where it is based cybersquatter ....