DON'T STEAL MY NAME.

• Position: Brief Article

California, hoping to protect people against Internet fraud, recently passed legislation preventing "cybersquatting." The term refers to registering, in bad faith, ".com" and other domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to famous or trademarked real names of other people, living or dead. Offenders either sell the name to the highest bidder or use it for fraudulent purposes. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers last year developed its uniform dispute resolution policy that trademark owners worldwide can use to reclaim domain names from...