News Summary

• In 2025, the World Intellectual Property Organization handled 6,282 domain name disputes.
• Cybersquatting cases have risen 68% since 2020.
• Digital squatting means registering or using a domain name in bad faith to profit from someone else's trademark.
• A bad actor registers a domain close to an established brand, then uses it to intercept traffic, collect payments for services they never deliver, harvest login credentials, or push malware.
• Here are five things any business can do, when someone copies your brand.