Strategies for dealing with cybersquatting and typosquatting

Companies in Poland are registering more domain names each year, but need to be aware of the potential dangers, say Anna Szajna and Maria Jurek.Although ‘Internet domain fever’ may have peaked in most parts of the world, in Poland, the interest in domain names does not seem to be waning. For yet another year, the Internet domains market grew at a record rate. According to a report prepared by NASK (Research and Academic Computer Network—a national registry for .pl domain names), by the end of 2009, the number of .pl domain name registrations had reached 1.63 million. This represents a 25 percent increase on 2008 registrations. The number of domain registrations in 2009 exceeded those registered in 2008 by 300,000. Each day, 2,600 new domains were registered, which means that the registration of a new domain took place every 30 seconds. These results strengthened Poland’s fifth place in the TLD ranking among the EU member states for the number of registered domains. Poland now ranks ahead of other EU members such as France, Spain, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.