Can a subdomain be cybersquatting?
Domain conflicts have usually been regarding registrations of second-level names within top-level domains. There have rarely been conflicts that have reached the courts regarding subdomains that are not directly registered with a registrar or registry. Dispute policies such as the UDRP don’t reach these disputes. However, there have been a few occasions where somebody has alleged that a subdomain name is an infringement of some form of intellectual property rights. One case, Jews for Jesus v. Google, filed in late 2005, alleges that a Blogspot subdomain (available free to users of its blogging service) violates the trademark of Jews for Jesus. The blog in question is at jewsforjesus.blogspot.com, and it got very little traffic until the lawsuit made it notable. Interesting issues in this case include whether a third-level subdomain such as this can be an infringement in the first place, as well as whether any liability for such infringement belongs only to the blogger who chose the nam
