http://www.prcouture.com/2007/03/27/neiman-marcus-gives-domain-name-companies-a-taste-of-the-lawsuit/ Fashion PR's Haute Spot - A Fashion PR Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.prcouture.com/2007/03/27/neiman-marcus-gives-domain-name-companies-a-taste-of-the-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-14408 Suzy Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:08:45 +0000 http://69.161.136.158/2007/03/27/neiman-marcus-gives-domain-name-companies-a-taste-of-the-lawsuit/#comment-14408 This reminds me of Cybersquatting from the 90s, where the cybersquatters would register domain names associated with highly recognizable trademarks, and then basically hold them for ransom until the rightful trademark owners bought them back. Only now they're doing it in bulk. I wonder how long it will take legislation to catch up with this tricky little scheme. This reminds me of Cybersquatting from the 90s, where the cybersquatters would register domain names associated with highly recognizable trademarks, and then basically hold them for ransom until the rightful trademark owners bought them back. Only now they’re doing it in bulk. I wonder how long it will take legislation to catch up with this tricky little scheme.

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