The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is suggesting some safeguards to stop cybersquatters from grabbing trademark-protected names under new generic Internet domain names.
The Business Software Alliance's (BSA) truce on software piracy drew to a close last week with 215 registrations to legalize pirated or unlicensed software. In addition, 188 companies that failed to register and take advantage of the truce could now face investigation for alleged software piracy.
Internet domain name registrar Register.com Inc. last week won a preliminary injunction against a reseller of domain name registrations that it accuses of deceiving Register.com customers into transferring their registrations.