Coming soon to New York state, and taking aim at cybersquatters, nobody in the state “will be able to register a domain name that is similar to or the same as another living person or business.” In her announcement, Senator Little says “It’s wrong, in my opinion, to buy up domain names reflecting the names of existing people or businesses with the intention of selling the names for a profit back to those persons or businesses.”
http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=8132
http://www.circleid.com/posts/law_domain_registration_another_person/
http://domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/new-york-state-makes-their-own-domain-laws/814Senator Little’s statement
A measure sponsored by Senator Betty Little (R,C,I-Queensbury) aimed at preventing a person from registering a domain name that is similar to or the same as another living person or business with the specific intent to profit from selling the domain name to that person or business has been signed into law.
http://senatorlittle.com/press_archive_story.asp?id=17598