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Is A Domain Name "Property"? (Gray Cary-lawyers) Dec
http://www.graycary.com/articles/interest/interest_42.html
This article is about the nature of a domain name. Specifically, we address
the question of what exactly is a domain name. The answer may seem obvious,
but the characterization of a domain name will greatly influence the types
of claims that can be asserted in litigation related to a domain name.

Gerichte uneinig wegen Domain-Namen (Financial Times) 6Dec
http://www.ftd.de/tm/in/FTDA4ZF4EGC.html
Immer mehr deutsche Gerichte sind davon überzeugt, das die Verwendung
beschreibender Domain-Namen unzulässig ist.

Die Einführung der Banalität (Telepolis) 6Dec
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/4402/1.html
Nach jahrelangen, heftigen Kämpfen um das System der Domainnamen würde man
erwarten, dass die Ankündigung neuer Top Level Domains (TLDs) weltweit wie
die Wiederkunft Jesu Christi verkündet würde. Dem ist nicht so: Am 16.
November kam von ICANN genau diese  Bekanntmachung, aber sogar unter
Anhängern der Politik der Namen und Zahlen gab es außer vereinzeltem,
ziemlich gedämpftem Gähnen kaum eine Reaktion. 

China Stretches Its Wires (Standard) 5Dec
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20600,00.html
The Chinese government redraws the line on the Web and fights to keep
control of domain names.

French Court Rules Against eBay in Domain Name Squabble (Standard) 5Dec
http://www.thestandardeurope.com/article/display/0,1151,12968,00.html
US auction giant eBay has received another blow in its court battle with
French startup iBazar over its ownership of eBay's French domain name, as
the courts again ruled in iBazar's favour.

British Stables In Ralph Lauren Domain Name Dispute (Newsbytes) 5Dec
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/00/158990.html
In a classic "David & Goliath" domain name dispute, a Surrey, England-based
saddler is on the receiving end of a series of lawyer's letters claiming the
rights to his po-lo.com domain.

The value of a domain name (Red Herring) 4Dec
http://www.herring.com/mag/issue86/mag-names-86.html
Domain names are being snatched up, traded, squatted, arbitrated, and sold
for millions of dollars a pop. All this activity is lending legitimacy to
the argument that domain names are like real estate. What's more, one
investment banker-turned-entrepreneur believes this is the beginning of the
domain name commodity market. 
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