Cyberpiracy

Your company registered a domain name and built the website long ago. After that I learned that one of the competitors registered many similar, misspelled or changed domain names redirecting Internet users to their web site. What are you doing? For answers to these questions, please refer to Cyber ​​pirate workshop at HOLLAND & BONZAGNI of P.C.

As in the above example, in the case of "cyber piracy", an online piracy (company or individual) has a famous and unique trademark of others on the Internet, and maliciousness to benefit from somehow in the form of the trademark It is. In addition to general annoyance, this could lead to business losses and loss of goodwill. In addition, dealing with network theft is troublesome and expensive.

Online piracy involves registering Internet domain names with names of other people or names similar to others' names. The purpose of using such a domain name is to confuse the public which web site is the legitimate provider of the product or service the consumer is seeking. If someone establishes a Web site of another product or service whose name is similar without the user's consent, the registrant will actually use the name of that user and the goodwill set by that user to make economic interests .

In the case of online piracy, jurisdiction is absolutely essential. Online illegal copies include registration of domain names, registration of domain names to offshore companies, transfer of domain names to individuals or entities in Libya, Iran, Belarus, or registration of domain names using their address Continue to use fictional information for. In the interim report of WIPO, "This registration practice and" reliable and accurate contact information "are subject to infringement of intellectual property rights and may lead to very punitive public media." ing.

Often online pirates use the first amendment to protect their online piracy. Porsche recently encountered a pornographic site at PORSCHESUCKS.NET. Internet pirates say that the first amendment will protect the right to place core characters on the site. Internet pirates further insist that his use of PORSCHESUCKS. NET is protected by the principle of "fair use". He insists that domain names only describe what happened at pornographic sites. It is said to feature porn star Lynn Porsche.

In my testimony, I will focus on the unbearable, unbearable problem Porsche cars and their consumers face in cybersquat, online piracy and online cyber squats. However, the problem of Porsche is not unique, as is the problem faced by other famous trademark holders and their consumers. Porsche Motors is a member of the private sector working group on trademarks and domain names. The Private Sector Working Group consists of major companies and associations representing prominent trademark owners in a wide range of world economies. Porsche, Bell Atlantic, AT & T, Disney, Viacom, Chanel, Warner Lambert, American Express, Ford, Microsoft, AOL etc .. Our consumers rely on the internet to find the real brand they are looking for, communicate, and engage in e-commerce