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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>It depends -- on the facts and the registrar. Many registrars are reluctant to take action against their own customers and instead will tell you that the appropriate approach is to file a UDRP complaint. However, in egregious, well-documented, clear-cut cases (and perhaps I should find even more qualifiers to add here!), some registrars will actually enforce their own policies and suspend or terminate a domain name registration. For example, Namecheap (just to cite one popular registrar) has a registration agreement that forbids registrants from using domain names "to impersonate another person or company," and the agreement gives Namecheap "the right" -- but, notably, not the obligation -- to suspend and/or delete your registered name as a consequence of engaging in activity contrary to applicable law and any related procedures."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So, contacting the registrar may be worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>However, note that even if the registrar takes action, the issue is not necessarily resolved, if the registrant can simply take its domain name registration to another registrar. So, a UDRP complaint may still be necessary.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Finally, from a technical perspective, your client and employer could block incoming emails from the problematic domain name, which could prevent further issues internally, at least.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Douglas M. Isenberg</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> | <b><span style='color:#B95725'>The GigaLaw Firm</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Phone: 1-404-348-0368<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Email: <a href="mailto:Doug@Giga.Law"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Doug@Giga.Law</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Web: <a href="http://www.giga.law/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.Giga.Law</span></a></span><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Terry Carroll via E-trademarks<br>Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 1:52 PM<br>To: e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>Cc: Terry Carroll <carroll@tjc.com><br>Subject: [E-trademarks] Typosquatting remedies</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What remedies are available, other than a full-blown UDRP, against a typosquatter?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I'm in-house counsel. My client and employer has been hit with someone impersonating one of our employees using a typosquatted domain that looks very similar to one of our legitimate domains.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I'm interested in getting that domain off the air as quickly as possible. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>There doesn't seem to be any web presence, it's strictly email, so it's the domain itself I want to target.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Any suggestions? Does a mere letter to the domain registrar, with documentation of the scam, usually get action? In this case, it is a .com domain.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Terry Carroll<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:carroll@tjc.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>carroll@tjc.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>E-trademarks mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>