Relating to legal protections against squatting—the illegal occupation of property that someone else owns.
From anti- + squatting (occupying property without legal right). The compound became common in property law and real estate in the late 20th century.
Antisquatting laws became necessary when people registered Internet domain names just to hold them hostage for profit—a cybersquatter might buy 'Nike.com' to sell it back to Nike for millions, so new laws had to protect trademark holders online.
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