How to Get Your Stolen Domain Name Back When Cybersquatting Law Will Not Help

Has your domain name been stolen? 

What do you do when your domain name has been stolen but you lack the requisite trademark rights to recover the domain via a domain arbitration under Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) or a lawsuit under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)?  Keep in mind that both the elements of the UDRP and the ACPA require that the prior owner of the domain name own a valid, protectable trademark corresponding to the domain name.  Moreover, both the UDRP and ACPA require a bad faith intent to profit from the registration and/or use of the domain name.  Oftentimes a domain name may be taken by a hacker, a disgruntled employee, a web developer, or the like leaving you, as the one-time registrant and previous owner left wondering what can be done.  Domain names are not property like a bicycle, computer, or pair of shoes right?

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