The responsibility for assigning the same is given in each country to a specified country domain name registrar. In India, the TLD .in is registered by NCST at Bombay. This feature of domain names gives rise to numerous legal issues and disputes. Thus the important thing in domain names registration is speed. This led to numerous ticklish legal issues.
Domain names are different from trademarks.
While it is possible that the same trademark may be registered by different persons in different categories and different lines of businesses, it may be possible to only register one domain name corresponding to such trademark. Another legal issue surrounding domain names is that of Cybersquatting. Cybersquatting is the practice by means of which a person or legal entity books up the trade mark, business name or service mark of another as his own domain name for the purpose of holding on to it and thereafter selling the same domain name to the other person for valuable premium and consideration . Cybersquatters book up domain names of important brands in the hope of earning quick millions . The Internet history has shown that while some corporate players have been willing to and have indeed coughed up money to get back their legitmate domain names, the recent trend is more towards taking the cybersquatters by the horns and fighting them out by legal processes.