Only one .COM
A trade mark can be registered in 45 different classes so 45 identical marks can co-exist in one country. If this is expanded to 150 countries, 6750 identical trade marks could be lawfully registered by different trade mark owners. Only ONE identical .com is available.
Cybersquatters
Cybersquatters and domainers have become more sophisticated concentrating their efforts on well thought out schemes to profit from brand holders. They achieve this by registering domain names that correspond to recently filed trade marks and company names or that correspond to recent news events such as mergers and takeovers.
