Kiberskvoting and kiberskvotery

Kiberskvoting (from English cybersquatting) or " capture of domains " is the specific kind of the business which has appeared with a wide circulation of a network the Internet. Activity kiberskvotera will consist in registration of domain names with the purpose of their further sale. Thus annual registration of the domain in zone RU costs{stands} 20 dollars while the price for a domain name can reach 5-10 thousand dollars.

The domain or domain name is, roughly speaking, the combination of symbols, which type{collect} in an address bar of a browser to get on this or that site. The domain name is not given to the owner of a site in lifelong using: standard term of registration makes 1 year. After his{its} expiration registration it is necessary prodljat`. If the owner of a site "zazevalsja" the domain name can get kiberskvoteru.

Features of activity kiberskvoterov

It is possible to allocate some distinctive features of activity kiberskvoterov:

- Purchase of the domain, names of the known companies containing in the name and trade marks;

- Purchase of domains, with the purpose of subsequent his{its} resale under the overestimated prices;

- Capture of the domain by the competitive companies with the purpose of creation of a website, a site on which the false information about activity of the competing company will be obviously distributed, with the purpose to put her appreciable losses.

If you have typed{collected} in an address bar the name a web of a resource and have received one of the following results:

- There is no server under the given web a resource;

- The site is in process razraboki;

- The site is not connected in any way to a domain name,

That be sure, that on 98 % the given domain name belongs kiberskvoteram. Kiberskvotery "catch" only careless owners of sites as after expiry of the term of registration the domain continues to be registered behind his{its} former owner even a month.

As it is strange, careless owners quite often are the large companies. In the big organizations often there is a mess: one has forgotten to dispose, another has forgotten to pay, and as a result the domain has remained not re-registered. The most known such oversight on the bill of corporation " Microsoft " which employees once have forgotten to prolong registration of domain Passport.com.

Tajpskvoting

kiberskvotinga it is possible to count a version tajpskvoting (from English typesquatting): registration erroneous napisanij known domain names. Recently juzhnoamerikanskij businessman Kris Chen has redeemed three domain names, written with a mistake: Downlaod.com, Donwload.com and Dawnload.com for 80 thousand dollars. Download.com is archive of the software largest in the Internet. By calculations of the investor, the information resources placed under these domains, will visit{attend} about 200 thousand unique visitors a month. In Russia tajpskvoting yet so it is popular, as abroad.

Antiskvotingovyj the certificate{act} of protection of the consumer

cybersquatting Till 1999 kiberskvoting was quite legal, however after such known stamps as Panasonic, Hertz and Avon have been compelled to redeem the of the domain at the third parties, there was a problem of protection of domains from illegal registration.

In 1999 in the USA have been accepted Antiskvotingovyj the certificate{act} of protection of the consumer (Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act). Now any company which has noticed illegal use of the domain with a name of the trade mark, can address in court and with a high probability to win it{him}. Thus the company has the right not only to demand returning the domain, but also to compensate to her a material damage caused by actions kiberskvotera. Thus all domains which have been registered till 1999 do not get under action antiskvotingovogo legislations.

Kiberskvoting in Russia

Legally kiberskvoting in Russia while it is not determined in any way. However, proceeding from working Rules RosNIIROS, this activity is completely lawful: " Registration of domains is carried out on the basis of the Application. All applications are considered{examined} with equal reason irrespective of, on behalf of what Applicant they are sent ".

Thus, the worse, that threatens kiberskvoteru which has grasped the domain containing a designation of a trade mark of one the Russian companies is a cancellation of registration of this domain name. At an existing price level on domains to the majority of the companies is unprofitable to have legal proceedings with kiberskvoterom: more cheaply simply to redeem at him{it} the domain.