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Sources:

- Remington, Michael J., English, Christen M. & Barea, Adam L., Cybersquatters Beware: Trademark Owners are Fighting Back, (National Legal Center for the Public Interest) (2004).

- United States Patent and Trademark Office, The Madrid Protocol (2003), available at http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/madrid/madridfaqs.htm#q1.

- World Intellectual Property Organization, Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (2003), available at www.wipo.int/madrid/en/.

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