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Twitter brand: Many Chinese #domainers register domains matching trademarks

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Subscribe to Posts Subscribe to Comments It’s becoming common to see Chinese domain investors cross the line into cybersquatting—the act of registering domain names that infringe on trademarks. While things have improved in China regarding trademark law, a common excuse of China’s cybersquatters is that the Western brand or mark they target isn’t known in China. That defense usually fails when UDRP cases take place for domain names infringing on Western trademarks. A recent case involves the domains Twitter.green and Twitter.shop with the Respondent being an Alibaba user. The case was decided on by the National Arbitration Forum; an informal…

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