Unless you have the name trademarked or there is a strong possibility that visitors might confuse your company with the other one you can have a tough time trying to 'get' a domain. Since this is an obvious attempt to defame your products and services you probably have a good case to have the content removed on those grounds. Not only is your original site copywritten but the content, graphics & design are too. You can't just arbitrarily copy someone else's stuff without consequences. My advice would be to download the entire site and make a few copies. If you just want it 'taken down' send them a polite but firm cease and desist stating copyright infringement. If they fail to respond or remove the content take your case & your proof (the copies you've made of the offending site) to a lawyer who will be happy to help. If you want to 'get' the domain name they've registered you're going to have a far more difficult time. My initial thoughts are that unless the name itself is trademarked I don't think you'll have much to go on. However, I don't know that much about domain name disputes - I would find a qualified specialist in this area to help.
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