Hi all

The news relating to domain names collected for today, minus any reference
to Domain Notes, to keep their attorney smiling!

Cheers
David

Name Dropping (Far Eastern Economic Review) 14Dec
http://www.feer.com/_0012_14/p044innov.html
Here's an Internet prediction you can count on in changing times: If you
haven't yet registered your company's domain name in Chinese, Korean and
Japanese, get ready for months of confusion and frustration. And if you have
registered, get ready for months of confusion and frustration. 

Ruling rejects free speech for Web names (Boston Herald) 11Dec
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/fnet12112000.htm
Free speech may prevail elsewhere on the Internet, but not when it comes to
typing www.(pickanyobscenity).com. At least that's one federal judge's
opinion, ruling in an adult Web site case. Before Judge Steven McAuliffe was
the question of whether the First Amendment protects World Wide Web
addresses. Do they serve to communicate or navigate? McAuliffe found for
navigation.

New Web suffixes are changing the rules (CNET) 11Dec
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4065509-0.html
Suppose the Wharton School wanted to register Wharton.biz as a domain name
using one of the seven new Web suffixes approved last month by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Then let's say that Joe
Wharton, owner of a dog grooming business in Iowa City, wanted to register
Wharton.biz to advertise his pet service. Finally, suppose an English
professor at the University of Pennsylvania wanted to set up Wharton.biz to
sell potential customers a selection of his writings on the American author
Edith Wharton. Given that all of these parties have legitimate interests in
the name Wharton.biz, who gets to use it? 

Domain name database revamp due? (Network World Fusion) 11Dec
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/1211whois.html
Momentum is building within the Internet's technical and policy circles for
an overhaul of one of the most important information services on the 'Net:
the WHOIS database that lists owners of domain names.

Melbourne IT urges flexibility for domain name registrations (Fairfax IT)
8Dec http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/breaking/20001208/A62531-2000Dec8.html
eCommerce and domain name supplier Melbourne IT Ltd today urged industry
regulator auDA to remove a number of restrictions impeding Australia's
namespace and impinging on e-business' bottom line.

Jaccs Wins Japan's First Web Domain Name Court Dispute (AsiaBizTech) 8Dec
http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/cover/119098
Jaccs Co., Ltd., a major Japanese credit card firm, won a case in which it
had sought that a company called Nihonkai Pakuto based in Toyama city,
Toyama prefecture, be prevented from using a Web site under the
"jaccs.co.jp" domain name.

Wal-Mart loses dispute (Globe and Mail) 7Dec
http://www.globetechnology.com/archive/gam/News/20001207/RDOMA.html
After two earlier defeats, a colourful Newfoundland author has beaten U.S.
retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a fight over an Internet protest site,
and some observers say the development is unprecedented and a victory for
"cybergripers" everywhere.

The small island domain name craze (CMPTR) 8Dec
http://www.cmptr.com/view.php?id=409
After Tuvalu, another small island has put their Top Level Domain (TLD) in
the shopping window and opened it up for registration to the world. An
American business will take care of the .MU TLD and has become the official
registrant for the domain names under the .MU extension

A sucks.com wins one over Wal-Mart (National Post) 7Dec
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20001207/395935.html
Kenneth Harvey, a Newfoundland writer who has been battling Wal-Mart Stores
Inc. over the rights to Internet domain names, finally won one.

Sex.com battle dragging out (internet.com) 7Dec
http://www.uk.internet.com/Article/101003
Despite a recent court ruling on the publicly disputed sex.com domain name,
the battle may not be over as the previous owner has threatened to appeal
against the decision.

NCAA Awarded 20 Net Domain Names (Austin 360) 7Dec
http://austin360.com/shared/technology/ap/ap_story.html/Technology/AP.V0018.
AP-NCAA-Cybersquat.html
The NCAA was awarded 20 Internet domain names in a U.N.-arbitrated dispute,
but failed to win control of 12 addresses that appeared to offer gambling on
college sports.

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