cybersquatting en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English squatting English cybersquatting From cyber- + squatting.
Meanings
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(Internet, uncountable) The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
Maybe a little broad in your interpretation? Dilution would not have existed in this case if Toeppen were not in the "business" of cybersquatting? The statute does not allow noncommercial use to "dilute", but when a domain name owner suggests money may be taken for the domain name, a problem is created for the DNO, right? This may be a large trap for attorneys advising in this area.
1996, Jeff Kuester, “re: They want to take scooby.com away!”, in misc.int-property (Usenet):
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(Internet, uncountable) A form of passing off, often with the intent referred to in the first sense above.
The day after the issuance of the interlocutory injunction he was interviewed by a StarPhoenix reporter as part of a larger article on "Cybersquatting" as the domain name game has come to be called.
2003, D'Anne Davis, Maria Koroneos, “Property” (chapter VIII), in Business Law in Canada Casebok, 4th edition, Toronto, Canada: Prentice Hall (Pearson), →ISBN, Passing Off (section 3), page 211:
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ja サイバースクワッティング (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · uk кіберскво́тинґ (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · cmn 域名搶註 /域名抢注 (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · ru киберскво́ттинг (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · es ciberocupación (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · fr cybersquattage (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · fi nimikaappaus (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · es ciberokupación (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · uk кіберскво́тинг (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · fr accaparement de nom de domaine (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · az kiberskvottinq (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · fr cybersquatting (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later) · es ciberparacaidismo (registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later)