There are several different reasons for typosquatters buying a typo domain:
• To try to sell the typo domain back to the brand owner
• To See more

In the United States, the 1999 Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) contains a clause (Section 3(a), amending 15 USC 1117 to include sub-section (d)(2)(B)(ii)) aimed at combatting typosquatting.
On April 17, 2006, … See more

• Domain Name System – System to identify resources on a network (DNS)
• Misdialed call § Toll-free numbers – Similar attacks on vanity phonewords
• Mousetrapping – Digital marketing tool See more

Many companies, including Verizon, Lufthansa, and Lego, have gained reputations for aggressively chasing down typosquatted names. Lego, for example, has spent roughly US$500,000 on taking 309 cases through UDRP proceedings.
Celebrities have … See more

Under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), trademark holders can file a case at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against … See more

• Giles, Jim (February 17, 2010). "Typos may earn Google $500m a year". New Scientist. Retrieved July 19, 2023. (reporting research by Ben Edelman and Tyler Moore: Measuring Typosquatting Perpetrators and Funders)
• Corwin, … See more