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Everyone who registers a domain name agrees to adhere to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP Policy), adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As a result, and per UDRP policy, all domain name disputes may be submitted to arbitration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Say, for example, I were to register the domain www.starbucks.com, Additionally, let’s say that my purpose in registering said domain was to try to immediately re-sell the domain to Starbucks for a profit. Starbucks could file an action (often referred to as a “cybersquatting claim”) against me before the WIPO. The WIPO arbitrator would likely rule that Starbucks was entitled to the domain, and order the return of the domain name to Starbucks.
Now, say for example that a woman named Gina Starbucks registered the same domain name. She then created web content that she used for her personal business as a fiction writer. So long as she undertook no effort to market the domain for re-sale, the world famous coffee brewer would encounter a significant level of difficulty in obtaining ownership of the domain name through the WIPO.