ICANN Stifling Public's Voice? 
Despite what critics call overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the
committee formed to determine how the Internet should be run finds
that less, not more, individual representation is needed at the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
 http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_911711,00.html

>From BNA Internet Law News...

DOT-BIZ INJUNCTION LIFTED; NEULEVEL CONSIDERING OPTIONS
As reported in yesterday's ILN, the injunction prohibiting
dot-biz registrar NeuLevel from assigning over 50,000
dot-biz domains has been lifted after the plaintiffs failed
to post the necessary bond.  NeuLevel is now considering
whether to hold off allocating the domains in light of the
pending litigation.
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/046100.htm
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2098080,00.html

WHILE DOT-INFO ENJOYING SOME SUCCESS
Despite the controversy over the allocation of some dot-info
domains during the sunrise period, Afilias, the dot-info
registrar, reports that the new domain suffix is proving to
be popular.  Afilias says it hit the 500,000 mark in its
first 90 days of operation.
 http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2820232,00.html

UDRP CONSIDERS CRITICIZING PUBLIC DEP'T AND DIFFERENT
TRADEMARK USE
Two recent ICANN UDRP decisions of note -- in
dorsetpolice.com the registrant was allowed to keep a domain
used to criticize the local police force.  The registrant
had offered to sell the domain, but based the price on what
he believed his dispute with the police force had cost him.
In brucetrail.com, a dispute over the oldest hiking trail in
Canada, the registrant was allowed to keep the domain as the
panel ruled that a registrant can have a legitimate interest
in a domain even where the complainant has a trademark in
the name.  Legitimate interest in those cases depends upon
whether the domain is being used for a purpose that differs
from the trademark purpose.  Coverage at
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171529.html
Decisions at
http://www.eresolution.com/services/dnd/decisions/0942.htm
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-1021.html

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