What is a Domain Name and how does it Relate to a Trademark?
An important problem concerns the conflict between trademarks and domain names. Domain names are Internet address, and are commonly used to find ’websites’. For example, the domain name ’montad.net, is used to locate the montad website at www.montad.net. Over time, domain names have come to constitute business identifiers, thus often coming into conflict with trademarks. Therefore, it is important to choose a domain name which is not the trademark of another company, particularly a well known trademark. This is because many national laws, or courts, treat registration of the trademark of another company or person as a domain name as trademark infringement, popularly known as cyber squatting. If this happens, then your business may not only have to transfer or cancel the domain name, but it may also have to pay damages or a heavy fine.
