Cameroon is a west-central African country that has been blessed or cursed, depending on your view, with the country code CM, which is used as its domain extension .CM. The .CM domain extension is confusingly similar to the world’s most popular extension .COM, and this confusion has made .CM a prime target for squatting activities.

Whilst undertaking our online enforcement activities we have noticed that .CM squatting is on the rise. This increase is fuelled by Cameroon’s absence of a domain dispute resolution procedure and an effective trade mark enforcement program through the local courts. Squatters are aware of these shortcomings and know that most domain disputes will end with them receiving remuneration for their trade mark infringing activities.