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www.KeepAlert.com The Brand Monitoring Department of Systonic White Paper Cybersquatting 2011 International Corporate account manager: Director of the publication: Stéphanie Lacroix Jean-François Poussard Email: [email protected] Director Keep Alert Telephone: + 33 (0)5 57 26 44 52 Email: [email protected] Mobile: + 33(0)6 14 14 51 72 Telephone: + 33 (0)5 57 26 44 47 Twitter: @keepalert Mobile: + 33 (0)6 29 40 62 42 Twitter: @keepalert Systonic (RCS B 34938634200092) 2-4 Avenue Eugène. Chevreul, 33600 Pessac, France Tel. +33 (0)5 57 26 44 44 – Fax : + 33 (0)5 24 84 32 25 Email: [email protected] Reproduction prohibited without permission www.KeepAlert.com The Brand Monitoring Department of Systonic Summary About Keep Alert ............................................................................................................................ 3 Systonic, Complementary IP expertise: Internet Protocol – Intellectual Property .................... 4 Keep Alert Cybersquatting White Paper .......................................................................................... 5 Arbitration Decisions ...................................................................................................................... 6 Spelling of disputed domain names ................................................................................................. 8 Domain names that contain a trademark ................................................................................... 8 Domain names that are identical to a trademark ..................................................................... 11 Typosquatting .......................................................................................................................... 11 Domain extensions used for cybersquatting ................................................................................... 13 Uses of disputed domain names .................................................................................................... 14 Inactive domain names ............................................................................................................ 14 Parking pages........................................................................................................................... 14 Online stores ............................................................................................................................ 15 Phishing, PornSquatting… ....................................................................................................... 17 Cybersquatters and claimants ........................................................................................................ 19 Nationalities ............................................................................................................................. 19 Claimants .............................................................................................................................. 19 Respondents .......................................................................................................................... 19 Companies that are active in the fight against cybersquatting ............................................... 19 WIPO .................................................................................................................................... 19 NAF ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Comparison of Arbitration Centers ........................................................................................ 23 Respondents .......................................................................................................................... 23 Claimant representatives ......................................................................................................... 23 WIPO .................................................................................................................................... 23 NAF ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Registrars ................................................................................................................................. 25 Uses of domain names following dispute decisions ....................................................................... 27 Inactive domain names ............................................................................................................ 27 Domain names with parking pages ......................................................................................... 27 Active domain names ............................................................................................................... 28 Cancelled domain names .......................................................................................................... 30 Systonic (RCS B 34938634200092) 2-4 Avenue Eugène. Chevreul, 33600 Pessac, France Tel. +33 (0)5 57 26 44 44 – Fax : + 33 (0)5 24 84 32 25 Email: [email protected] Reproduction prohibited without permission www.KeepAlert.com The Brand Monitoring Department of Systonic About Keep Alert Keep Alert monitors brand and trademark usage online: Domain Names (cybersquatting): newly registered domain names, abandoned domain names and (exclusive to Keep Alert) content change alerts covering all domain extensions. Results are automatically categorized by their content (advertising links, online store, pornography…) Sponsored Links (Google Adwords) Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube... All results are recorded with timestamped screen shots. The Keep Alert domain name module covers all generic domains (.COM, .NET, .ORG...), countries (.FR, .DE, .CO.UK...) and SLDs (e.g. .COM.FR), covering some 750 domain extensions. Identify domains that are identical to your brand (e.g. iphone.de) Identify domain names that contain your brand This report provides all domain names that contain the exact name of your brand (e.g. telephoneiphone-pascher.fr) It also identifies dotsquatting domains (e.g. www in front of the brand) as well as other popular prefixes and suffixes (e.g. buy, my, pays...) Identification of similar domain names: This report identifies registrations that are typographically similar to the brand but are not strictly identical (e.g. fnak.org instead of fnac.org). This tool is particularly useful in identifying cases of typosquatting and covers the following variations: Spelling errors Typos covering international keyboards (Azerty, Qwerty, Qwertz) Missing letters (e.g. louisvuittn.com) Change on order of letters (e.g. eads.com / aeds.com) Numbers instead of figures and vice versa (e.g. msix.com instead of M6.com) Singular and plural variations Homonyms (e.g. alkatel.info instead of alcatel.info) Accents (e.g. allociné.com) Synonyms (e.g. greatdeal.com instead of gooddeal.com) Antonyms (e.g. baddeal.com instead of gooddeal.com) Domain name hack that uses extension to complete brand name (e.g. lanco.me, Lore.al, kellog.gs) Systonic (RCS B 34938634200092) 2-4 Avenue Eugène. Chevreul, 33600 Pessac, France Tel. +33 (0)5 57 26 44 44 – Fax : + 33 (0)5 24 84 32 25 Email: [email protected] Reproduction prohibited without permission www.KeepAlert.com The Brand Monitoring Department of Systonic If a report generates too many irrelevant results, then Keep Alert implements exclusion filters to refine results (e.g. FORD, excludes OXFORD). There are also two optional filters that can be applied to results: Creation of personalized filters Add up to 200 terms to your brand name. For example Mont Blanc can be associated with the term “pen” Negative content Keep Alert also applies negative tags to domain names that have content that is critical of your brand. Systonic, Complementary IP expertise: Internet Protocol – Intellectual Property Created in 1989 Systonic is structured around 4 complementary departments: SYSTONIC HOSTING - www.hebergement-systonic.fr High-end web hosting services for online professionals, IT companies, and SaaS developers. Cloud hosting, high-availability hosting solutions, and information system security. This is the principal activity of the business. KEEP ALERT - www.keepalert.com A Systonic department that was created in 2009, in response to the challenges faced by trademark and copyright holders to their online identity. It is our ambition to become a worldwide actor in online brand monitoring and protection. PRODOMAINES - www.prodomaines.com The domain name registrar department of Systonic. SYSTONIC AGENCY - www.systonic.fr This original activity of the business with a portfolio of approximately 300 websites. Turnover: 2.75 M€, headquarters in Bordeaux (France). Systonic (RCS B 34938634200092) 2-4 Avenue Eugène. Chevreul, 33600 Pessac, France Tel. +33 (0)5 57 26 44 44 – Fax : + 33 (0)5 24 84 32 25 Email: [email protected] Reproduction prohibited without permission www.KeepAlert.com The Brand Monitoring Department of Systonic Keep Alert Cybersquatting White Paper The Keep Alert white paper studies the different facets of cybersquatting in 2011. Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting), according to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else.. Keep Alert has studied a sample