Bill planned to protect domain names (Daily Yomiuri) 20Dec http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20001220wo32.htm The International Trade and Industry Ministry plans to revise the Unfair Competition Prevention Law to prevent illicit use of corporate and product names by nonrelated parties in their Internet domain names, MITI officials said. Melbourne IT scrapes new depths (Fairfax IT) 20Dec http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/breaking/20001220/A8723-2000Dec20.html The hotly contested Australian Internet domain category, .com.au, is expected to be released into the open market in about July, ending Melbourne IT's exclusive rights to such sales. Streit um Internetadressen immer öfter vor Gericht (Rheinische Post) 20Dec http://www.rp-online.de/news/multimedia/online/domain_grabbing.html Immer öfter müssen sich deutsche Gerichte mit dem so genannten Domain-Grabbing auseinander setzen. Lässt sich eine Privatperson eine Internetadresse reservieren, die einen Markennamen enthält oder auch nur ähnlich klingt, greifen die Richter in der Regel hart zugunsten der Markeninhaber durch. Warnung - ICANN erwartet Betrug mit neuen Top-Level Domains (e-media) 20Dec http://194.96.59.121/cgi-bin/wdbcgiw/media/media.show_newsboard_content?p_ty p=N&p_id=7839&p_newsroom=J Das Internet-"Amt" Icann und die amerikanische Handelsaufsicht Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warnen Internet-User vor betrügerischen Web-Unternehmen, die bereits jetzt gegen Gebühr Reservierungen für Domainnamen der neuen Top-Level-Domains (TLD) entgegennehmen. Bis heute sei noch keine Entscheidung darüber gefallen, welche Organisationen die neuen Domains in Zukunft verwalten werden. Gerichte urteilen über Domain-Namen (Heise) 20Dec http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-20.12.00-000/ Wer sich ohne nachvollziehbares Interesse einen mit einer Produkt-Marke identischen Domain-Namen sichert, kann auf Unterlassung verklagt werden. easyJet Gets Tough On Domain-Name Rivals (TechWeb) 19Dec http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001219S0003 British airline easyJet is making life difficult for Web businesses with similar monikers. It says they can't use the word 'easy' in their domain names and has threatened legal action against some. Also see easyJet Gets Tough On Domain-Name Rivals (Wall Street Technology) 19Dec http://www.wstonline.com/story/itWire/TWB20001219S0003 P&G off-loads "flu.com," other Net domain names (CNET) 19Dec http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4212330.html Procter & Gamble has sold the Internet domain name "flu.com," one of nearly 100 commercial names the consumer products company has put up for sale because it has no plans to use them for Web sites. Australian Domain Name Body Gets Govt Thumbs Up (Newsbytes) 19Dec http://www.newsbytes.com/news/00/159607.html The au Domain Administration (auDA), a non-profit company set up in April 1999 in order to become the first industry self-regulatory body for the .au domain name space, has now received official Australian Government endorsement. The Name Game Times Seven: How New Web Suffixes Are Changing the Rules for Internet Players (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) 6-19Dec http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/articles.cfm?catid=9&articleid=288&homepa ge=yes 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 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. Rechtsstreit um die Domain "kinder.at" (ORF) 19Dec http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=52030 Grundsatzurteil über Zulässigkeit von Gattungsbegriffen als Domains zu erwarten | Konsequenzen für bank.at und reise.at möglich | Ferrero klagt MediaClan - "kinder"-Schokolade vs. Eltern-Kinder-Portal | Ferrero sieht Verletzung des Markenrechts | Keine Verwechslungsgefahr - so der MediaClan-AnwaltReceived on Wed Dec 20 2000 - 21:06:14 UTC
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