The Standard Bank Dispute is Decided: "Typosquatting"
The SAIIPL released its 5th official ADR Decision on Wednesday the 7th of November 2007. The Decision, which was adjudicated by Mr. Janusz Luterek, found in favour of the Complainant (Standard Bank of South Africa Limited) and ordered that the domain names: standerdbank.co.za; standarbank.co.za; wwwstandardbank.co.za; standerdank.co.za; standardank.co.za; stanardbank.co.za; standardban.co.za; standadbank.co.za; standardbak.co.za; stndardbank.co.za; stadardbank.co.za and sandardbank.co.za all be transferred to the Complainant. No Response was lodged by the Registrant in this instance!
The Decision also dealt with the first instance of "typosquatting" which is defined as: a form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes such as typographical errors made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser.
The Decision (ZA2007-0006) can be found on the domain name Decisions page.
2007-11-07
