There are also optional registrations available to business owners to ensure legal name protection.

In the United States, name protection of wine-growing place names is becoming more important.

Hopkinson was initially convicted under Flags, Emblems and Names Protection Act 1981 of destroying a New Zealand flag with intent to dishonour it, but appealed against his conviction.

The Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 expanded patent and copyright protections to cover activity on the internet and protections for new forms of media, against cybersquatting, domain name protection for personal names and a new compulsory license for Satellite Carriers.

Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was the first case to be decided by the Supreme Court of India on the issue of domain name protection, and dealt with two businesses employing variations on the same mark ("Sify" ) in their respective domain names.