Domain names

A domain name is an Internet address, used for a Web site. Increasingly, the domain name has become a distinctive sign for a company.
There might be c onflicts between trademarks and domain names . Thus, if you choose a domain name already used by a registered trademark, you may be convicted for infringement of the rights over the trademark. By the same token, if your trademark is used in an illicit way as a domain name by a third party ( one speaks here of "cybersquatting" ), you may enforce your rights.

The charter for the naming of the .ma domain provides - for the resolution of litigation between a domain name and a trademark - for the recourse to an administrative procedure, managed by the WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Center , for the settlement of litigations related to domain names. If you do not manage to settle the litigation amicably by this means, you may start a legal action.