Global name rights covers typos?

[itzzme]

hi,
if a company has global domain name rights can it claims a domain name thats a typo of their domain name?
please help
thx

[Dave Zan]

Can? Yes.

Will? That depends.

[draggar]

(I am not a lawyer, I do not play one on TV, nor do I look like one)

Depends, if the domain can be proven to have been registered in bad faith then they can go after you.

[denny007]

It depends.
Can youtube.com claim tube.com ? It depends too.

[domaingenius]

Originally Posted by itzzme

hi,
if a company has global domain name rights can it claims a domain name thats a typo of their domain name?
please help
thx

What exactly do you mean by "global domain name rights" ?.
DG

¿Qué es exactamente lo que se entienda por "nombre de dominio mundial de derechos"?.
DG

[wmloz]

If it's a blatant typo like gooogle.com or yahooo.com, then of course, it's reasonable to expect that these would be enforced. If it's something googgle.com, it's borderline. It all just depends, and of course it depends how you're using it.

Common sense should prevail...

[denny007]

If it's something googgle.com, it's borderline.

Actually the "borderline" would be goggle.com which is BTW not owned by Google.

[wmloz]

I must respectfully disagree. What's "borderline" about the word "goggle?" "Goggle" in my opinion is NOT borderline. It's a dictionary word and that's the reason I didn't use it as an example. It's not a typo, it's a word in and of itself. Google would struggle to go after "goggle.com" because of the fact it's a dictionary word AND because of the way it's being used.

[denny007]

I must respectfully disagree. What's "borderline" about the word "goggle?" "Goggle" in my opinion is NOT borderline. It's a dictionary word and that's the reason I didn't use it as an example. It's not a typo, it's a word in and of itself. Google would struggle to go after "goggle.com" because of the fact it's a dictionary word AND because of the way it's being used.

Its a borderline because if they put a search window on it they lose it right away. Googgle is no broderline at all, its a nobrainer...

[DNQuest.com]

Originally Posted by wmloz

Common sense should prevail...

Yeah... right. I find there is no common sense with many domainers.

It's a dictionary word

[I will be directly harsh here (for effect and in hopes it sticks in the brains of domainers)]

[harsh]This is one of the weakest arguments ever in trying to defend a domain in regards to a TM. Do you kow how many "dicrtionary" words are trademarked???? Do you know how many decisions were in favor of the TM holder of a "dictionary" word? Come on, you have to do better than that if you hope to defend a domain registration. This argument only works if the word is DESCRIPTIVE of what the content supports. I wish domainers would learn the difference between "generic" and "descriptive". It amazes after all the discussions in the domaining circles that people are not learning. [/ harshness over]

Usage plays a very important part in determining bad faith. This includes typos too. Typosquatting IS cybersquatting, it doesn;t matter what anyone thinks or what their opinions are, all that matters is what WIPO and the courts have to say. (and they say it is bad in case you were wondering)