Domain Name

Every computer on the Internet has a unique identification number, called an Internet Protocol address. Computers use IP address to find an Internet site. Internet Protocol addresses are 32-bit numeric address. As such, they are too long and not at all easy for people to remember. In order for human memories to more easily recall Internet Protocol addresses, they are  “mapped,” by the Domain Name System (DNS), to domain names that contain words. The registration of a domain name does not in itself confer proprietary rights to the use of that name. Associated with domain names is a phenomenon called “cybersquatting.” In the US, there are Federal laws known as the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. According to this law, cybersquatting means registering, trafficking in or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a Trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then makes a higher price offer to sell the domain to the individual or organization who owns a Trademark contained within the name. For more information about IP and its various forms refer: CFAP-IT Sumedh Modak’s Book “Technology – Tool of Fraud Perpetration and Investigation”.