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Computer and electronics seller, Dell, won seven new domain dispute cases. First, the company won five domain disputes that protect the Dell brand. These five disputes cover eight different domain names, including the typosquatted domain wwdell.com, DellNotebook.com, DellStudent.com, and DellCareers.com.
Next, the company won a domain dispute over four gaming …
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A new report shows that Google profits from typo-squatting as many domains utilized Google AdSense pay-per-click ads on their parked domains. A Harvard assistant professor said there are as many as 80,000 domains typo-squatting on the top 2,000 websites. The majority of these sites run AdSense ads.…
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Dell, along with its Alienware subsidiary, has filed a civil suit filed in Florida alleging that several Registrars and individuals have profited from domain tasting and typo-squatting domain names that contain their trademarks.
The suit alleges that the companies engaged in domain tasting, registering more than 1,100 typo-squatted domain names …
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According to a new security report, users have a 1-in-4 chance of landing on a typo-squatting site after they type in a popular URL incorrectly. These sites are generally created to generate advertising revenue for the squatter. …
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Dell has filed suits against three affiliates for profiting off typo-squatted domain names related to their brand.
The three affiliates named in the suit had registered d3ell.com, de3LL.com, d4ell.com, de4ll.com, dedll.com, derll.com and dxell.com, all of which redirected unsuspecting visitors to Dell.com through their affiliate links, which they then profited …
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The Cameroon Registry for the .cm ccTLD is being accused of typo-squatting. The registry is redirecting all accidental .cm traffic to advertising pages instead of returning an error to users. As a result, if an internet user misspells .com as .cm, a common error, they are now redirected to the …
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Microsoft’s new tool, Strider URL Tracer with Typo-Patrol, seeks out typo-squatted url’s and blocks them (www.frod.com versus www.ford.com). The new tool alerts users when they land on a typo page and are redirected to third party advertising pages. The software is free to download.…
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