Hello all

News relating to domain names I've come across today. By the way, no contact
or comment so far from Max Iori.

Cheers
David

 Injunction Issued Against Verio for Using Register.com's Database (Law.com)
12Dec http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZG3MSXMGC
Colorado Web hosting company, Verio Inc., has been ordered to stop accessing
the customer database of major Internet domain-registration service,
Register.com, and using that information for direct marketing and
telemarketing purposes. Register.com had sued Verio Inc. last August for
breach of contract and for violations of the Lanham Act and the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act.
Also see Register.com Wins Injunction Against Verio (Washtech) 11Dec
http://www.washtech.com/news/netarch/5900-1.html
Verio Halted From Using Register.com Database  (DM News) 12Dec
http://www.dmnews.com/articles/2000-12-11/12111.html

RealNames ready to expand into China (South China Morning Post) 12Dec
http://technology.scmp.com/internet/DAILY/20001211232607849.asp
RealNames Corporation, an American company which provides a Web addressing
service based on common names rather than complicated domain names,
announced on Monday it is ready to expand into China amid ongoing disputes
over Chinese domain name standards.

Judge Blocks Whois Spam (wired) 11Dec
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40609,00.html
A federal judge dealt a significant victory to domain name registrar
Register.com in a lawsuit against Web hosting firm Verio Inc. over
unauthorized use of data about its customers.

Register.com Wins Injunction on Use of Whois Database (Internet World) 11Dec
http://www.internetworld.com/news/archive/12112000d.asp#12.11whois
A federal court granted Register.com's motion for a preliminary injunction
against hosting company Verio. The order enjoins Verio, a subsidiary of NTT
Communications, from accessing Register.com's Whois database to target
customers with unsolicited commercial e-mail. Verio also must not engage in
conduct that misleads Register.com's customers into believing that
Register.com is affiliated with Colorado-based Verio or its services,
according to the order entered in U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York. 

PLA newspaper ready to fight for domain name (South China Morning Post) 9Dec
http://technology.scmp.com/internet/daily/20001207172959789.asp
People's Liberation Army Daily, the official newspaper of the Central
Military Committee of China's Communist Party, is threatening legal action
against whoever is using the newspaper's Chinese title as an Internet domain
name, the Daily's official Web site, www.pladaily.com.cn, reported.

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