Cybersquatting

Just because NFTs have lost much of their mainstream appeal, doesn’t mean the token creators are done fighting tooth and nail for the last scraps of past boom times. Late last week, a California judge decreed that those silly, derivative, and disturbing Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens have trademark protection. Unfortunately for quite a few NFT creators out there, this decision comes long after most projects probably could have used it. What Motivated Simone Giertz To Build Her Own Tesla Pickup Truck? | Gizmodo…

Web3 cybersquatting is becoming a big problem since it inhibits businesses from starting up. Have you ever pondered why so many Web2 company names are shortened versions of non-vowel dictionary words? Consider sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, etc (originally named Twttr). Sometimes trademarking the tweak is easier. Startups, however, are sometimes hampered by the long-standing practice of “cybersquatting,” in which investors buy domain names that contain popular words or well-known trademarks to…