Cybersquatting (also known as
domain squatting), according to the United States federal law known as the
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using an
Internet domain name with
bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a
trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price.