Reverse domain hijacking

Reverse domain name hijacking occurs where a person makes a bad faith complaint of cybersquatting. Typical cases are those where a person claims rights in a generic name, or knows that a registrant also has legitimate interests in the domain name in question.

Third party resources

The Obverse of Cybersquatting - An article on reverse domain hijacking by Steve Bazerman and Richard Georget published in World eBusiness Law Report.

Wikipedia on Reverse Domain Hijacking - Wikipedia's entry on the subject.

Reverse Domain Name Hijacking: Setting the Limits of Trade Mark Protection in Cyberspace - 59 pages of academic analysis from Richard Munden of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre. Highly recommended.

Reverse Domain Hijacking: Extreme Makeover - Brett Lewis discusses the options open to those on the receiving end of reverse hijack attempts, including options under the ACPA.

Stick 'em Up! Self Defense Against Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Discussion of how to defend yourself from reverse hijack claims using the UDRP and the ACPA, by Stevan Lieberman and Debora McCormick.

"Bad Faith" on the Internet - Cybersquatting and Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Article from World Patent and Trademark News.

The Impact Of "Reverse Domain Name Hijacking" - Article by Jay Hollander.

Recent Trademark Cases Examine Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - An article by Carl Oppedahl examining early US court decisions on reverse domain name hijacking (between 1996 and 1998).