Smart Toys is a famous toyshop based in the United States. It owns the domain names smarttoys.com and smarttoys.co.nz. Smart Toys has registered its trade mark SMARTTOYS in the United States and New Zealand.

Question: (1) Ben has purchased the domain name smarrttoyss.com and set up the website: www.smarrtoyss.comLinks to an external site.. When online customers for Smart Toys mistakenly enter Ben's url (website address) they are directed to his website which sells counterfeit toys. Required: Explain how Smart Toys should proceed in order to get Ben's domain name transferred to them. 

(2)Mia is a parent who is unhappy with the service Smart Toys provided when she tried to return a faulty toy. Mia has purchased the domain name: smarttoyssucks.com She has now set up a website at www.smarttoyssuck.comLinks to an external site. containing strong warnings to other customers about poor service from Smart Toys. Required: Can Smart Toys do anything about this? Advise Smart Toys of their options and explain the principles will be considered when coming to a decision on Mia's domain name.

Refer specific law in New Zealand

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1 To address the issue of Ben owning the domain name smarrttoysscom and using it for selling counterfeit toys while diverting traffic from Smart Toys legitimate website Smart Toys can take the followi... View the full answer