TM violators are OK - China's CNNIC

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Sina report that CNNIC intend to change the laws on cybersquatting.. So can i have google.cn now then please...?

The unnamed official from China's state-controlled domain name regulatory body, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), told Sina that the new laws more clearly define circumstances under which cyber-squatting is "permissible" .

Previous regulations prevented cyber-squatting when claimants to the domain name could prove 'malicious intent' on the part of the squatter. However, according to Sina, the new rules suggest that merely registering an existing brand as a domain name does not by itself constitute 'malicious intent'.

The term applies only to certain obviously hostile acts, for example when the cyber-squatter tries to rent or sell the domain name to a competitor of the putative owner.

The new rules, which have not yet been formally announced, apparently force companies to either pre-register all potential domain names themselves, or at least to maintain a vigilant watch for newly-registered domain names that might be similar to their own trademarks.

They further state that any challenges to a new domain name must be made within two years of its initial registration.