 | INTERNET LAW - New Universal Name Identities Shake The Branding World |
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| | IBLS Contributor: Naseem Javed, nj@njabc.com
Monday, January 19, 2009
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| | Without a doubt, major brand name identities will be arriving at the precipice where they will be lined up for a freefall from grace, some will fall and some will have a parachute. This scene will be repeated all over the world, as new ultra-modern-cyber-age-branding-platform being structured as ICANN introduces new policies that will dramatically change the old fashioned thinking of global branding.
In most cases this platform will drastically cut up to 95% of the traditional costs of global branding and equally cut up to 95% of the time involved in creating global presence. The races to get these name approvals are delicate, the fees and procedures are complicated, the rules of global naming are ultra sophisticated, but these new tools will create the new global status of powerhouse names for the next level of intricacies of the cyber-age-branding platforms.
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| INTERNET LAW - The Highest Bidder For The Global Cyber Brand Dot DUBAI |
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| | IBLS Contributor: Naseem Javed, Toronto, New York, Dubai, nj@njabc.com
Monday, September 01, 2008
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| | Who would like to bid the highest amount for the exclusive global rights to the new domain suffix .dubai? Such a suffix will create a powerful domain root that will corner some 180 services underneath it,like go.dubai, hotel.dubai, job.dubai, cars.dubai or fly.dubai.
Who would be the next global cyber-branding leader of this new millennium? Are auctions the
right methods to sell such mega marketing channels? ICANN the Internet Authority is looking into auctioning off such popular name identities. A billion dollars going once? Billion dollars going twice…sold to the person from Russia with the diamond-studded cell phone.
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| INTERNET LAW - The Billion-Dollar Domain Babies |
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| | IBLS Contributor: Naseem Javed, Toronto, New York, Dubai, nj@njabc.com
Monday, July 21, 2008
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| | The latest ICANN plan to allow the global populace to assemble an entire domain name like www.yourname.yourname as their free-choice is a revolutionary and timely decision. This now open doors to cyber-brands like my.ibm, hotel.nyc, it.jobs, play.poker, fly.usa or go.dell and applicants will submit a non-refundable fee of $100-500K USD for each name idea and the businesses are already jumping to get started.
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| INTERNET LAW - How to Register a Domain Name in Hong Kong |
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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| | Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited ("HK DNR”) is the Hong Kong's authority in charge of domain name registrations since 2001. HK DNR is under the control of the Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited which is the national registry and registrar for the registration and assignment of domain names in this country. Companies or individuals can register the following country top-level domain names: .COM.HK, .EDU.HK, .GOV.HK, .HK, .NET.HK, .ORG.HK in English and other Chinese domain names. This article provides start-up guidance on how to register these English domain names in Hong Kong.
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| INTERNET LAW - How Can I protect My Company’s Domain Name? |
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Monday, March 24, 2008
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| | Trademark based-Domain Names have become a precious corporate asset that both large and small companies are willing to protect against unauthorized use or abusive registration. Yet, protecting those domain names at an international level may prove costly and complicated. For these simple reasons the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN”) wisely implemented two documents that have been crucial for companies engaged in protecting their domain names. The first document is the called “Dispute Resolution Policy” (“Dispute Policy”) and the second document is called “Rules for Uniform Domain Name Disputes Resolution Policy” (“Dispute Rules”). This article briefly explains these two international measures to solve domain name controversies. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - The Brandjacking Index from MarkMonitor measures a full year's worth of online threats to brands in 2007. |
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| | By MarMonitor
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
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| | The Brandjacking Index from MarkMonitor measures a full year's worth of online threats to brands in 2007. Highlights of the report's findings include the most common forms of brand abuse, the types of companies that brand abusers target and the results that aggressive brand protection strategies can provide to brandholders. To compile the data, MarkMonitor analyzed Internet activity surrounding more than 30 top global brands, billions of Web pages and millions of spam e-mails over the course of 2007. For a full copy of this free report, visit www.markmonitor.com .
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| INTERNET LAW - 10 US Laws Every Domainer Needs To Know |
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| | IBLS Contributor: Rich McIver, Aviva Directory, richmciver@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
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| | With top-level domains appreciating at as much as 94% per year by some estimates, it is little wonder that domaining is the new ‘hot’ industry in the internet world. But despite the rapid growth of domaining, there is surprisingly little consensus as to what industry best practices are, or even what laws apply to domaining. In this article we try to sort through the legal and accounting mumbo-jumbo to explain ten of the most important US laws when it comes to domaining and provide some simple and straightforward tips for safely navigating them. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Section 3006- Abuse Registration of personal names as domain names- of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999: just a good intent |
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| | Martha L. Arias, LL.B., J.D., LL.M.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
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| | Cybersquatting is a term used to describe abusive registration of domain names. President Clinton signed the U.S. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) in November 1999. Section 3006 of ACPA is called “Study on abusive domain name registrations involving personal names” and directs the Secretary of Commerce, together with the US Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Election Commission, to revise and report to Congress suitable “guidelines and procedures for resolving the disputes involving the registration or use by a person of a domain name that includes the personal name of another person, in whole of in part, or a name confusingly similar thereto.” [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Reserved Domain Names in the Italian Legislation |
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| | IBLS Contributor: Dr. Giacomo Miotti, Studio Legale Miotti, Rome, Italy, info@studiolegalemiotti.it
Friday, March 02, 2007
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| | According to Italian Law, in article 3.4 of the Rules of Assignation of Domain Names, some domain names are reserved, and so, they are not assignable or they are assignable only to predetermined subjects. The rules refer in particular to geographical names of regions, provinces, municipalities, and their two-letter abbreviations, including the translation of such names in English or other languages different from Italian. The rule appears quite unnecessary. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Israeli Court Holds that a DNS Definition may be Retained as Security for Payment of Debts |
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| | IBLS Contributor Odia Kagan, Partner, Shavit Bar-On Gal-On Tzin Nov Yagur Law Offices – Tel Aviv, Israel, okagan@sbilaw.com
Monday, February 12, 2007
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| | The Israeli Magistrates Court of Tiberias held on December 17, 2006 that DNS (Domain Name Server) definition is an asset which may be retained by a creditor as means to persuade a debtor to pay its debt. The Court stated that even if seemingly intangible, the DNS requires physical maintenance work and therefore can be said to be “physically held” and thus capable of being retained as security for ensuring payment. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Hong Kong Online International Arbitration Center for E-commerce, domain names and other Internet related transactions |
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| | Martha L. Arias, LL.B., J.D., LL.M.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
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| | Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC) aims to be the leader among online dispute resolution forums for e-commerce and domain name controversies. HKIAC provides online dispute resolution services for the following cases: domain names disputes; registrar transfer disputes; internet keyword disputes; and e-commerce disputes. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - The .eu domain is welcomed with open arms…and some colorful names |
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| | Editor, Maricelle Ruiz, IBLS Director -- Europe
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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| | European Union institutions are slated to switch the ending of their website addresses and e-mails to .eu on Europe Day (May 9, 2006) at a cost of about half a million euros, according to the European Commission, whose officials explain the change as a way to strengthen the EU brand [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - “.eu”: Europe’s new internet address opens for business on 7 December |
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| | European Union
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - '.eu' : High interest for Europe's new internet address |
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| | European Union
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - The Secondary Market for Domain Names |
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| | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development- OECD
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - SSAC Releases Report on Alternative TLD Name Systems and Root Name Services |
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| | ICANN
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - IDN Guidelines Version 2.0 Finalized |
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| | ICANN
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - Domain Name System |
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| | Asian School of Cyber Laws
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - Council of the European National Top Level Domain Registries- CENTR, Comments on the WGIG Final Report |
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Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - What's Dot and What's Not: Domain Name Registration Scams |
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| | US Federal Trade Commission
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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