A cybercrime is being alleged even as you read this sentence.
The Victim: "The Madison Observer, a progressive bi-weekly, is taking legal action against the conservative bi-weekly The Mendota Beacon, based on allegations that the Beacon is cybersquatting two Observer web domains."
The Law: "The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is a federal law that took affect on November 29, 1999. This new domain name dispute law is intended to give trademark and service mark owners’ legal remedies against defendants who obtain domain names "in bad faith" that are identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark."
The evidence: http://madisonobserver.net/ and http://madisonobserver.com.
The Victim: "The Madison Observer, a progressive bi-weekly, is taking legal action against the conservative bi-weekly The Mendota Beacon, based on allegations that the Beacon is cybersquatting two Observer web domains."
The Law: "The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is a federal law that took affect on November 29, 1999. This new domain name dispute law is intended to give trademark and service mark owners’ legal remedies against defendants who obtain domain names "in bad faith" that are identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark."
The evidence: http://madisonobserver.net/ and http://madisonobserver.com.
