NAF Faster Than WIPO in Resolving Domain Name Disputes
According to a review of cases resolved in 2002, including
cases filed under the UDRP and STOP, the cases that were
filed with the National Arbitration Forum were resolved
faster than the cases filed with the World Intellectual
Property Organization. For the cases filed in 2002, the
average time from filing to decision for the Forum was 57
days, while WIPO resolved its decisions in an average of 71
days. In addition, from 2000-03, the overall average time
between filing and decision for all Forum cases is 51 days.
A complete review of the filing time for WIPO cases from
2000-03 is not available.
 http://www.udrplaw.net

Businesses Face Losing Domains Under New Rules
At its latest board meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the
international governing body which oversees domain name
registration, ICANN adopted 'consensus policies' regarding
the accuracy of WHOIS domain name data which could result
in businesses losing their domains.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/04/02_ic.htm

Domainz staff may buy the .nz domain name registrar
Staff and management of Domainz want to buy the .nz
internet domain name registrar, which is being sold by
InternetNZ as part of the shift to a shared registry
system.
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3301486

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/39009033084D4E03CC256CFB000AA356

Security department may oversee Internet infrastructure
The Homeland Security Department may take more of a direct
role coordinating the security of the Internet's
infrastructure, a top administration official said Tuesday.
 http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0403/040103td1.htm

GSA Might Charge for .gov Domain
The General Services Administration (GSA), which
administers the .gov domain, issued a rule Friday that it
reserves the right to "charge for domain names in order to
recover costs of operations." The government currently does
not charge a fee for a .gov domain, which is used by
federal, state and native sovereign nations to promote
government services. 
 http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/2172091

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0324/web-gov-03-28-03.asp

ICANN Meetings in Montreal, Canada
The second round of ICANN meetings in 2003 will be held
22-26 June in Montreal, Canada. The meetings are free to
attend, and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages
broad participation in its bottom-up consensus-development
process. You can take part in these meetings by attending
in person, by taking part in the webcast and remote
participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the
various ICANN-related mailing lists.
 http://www.icann.org/montreal
 http://www.icannmontreal.ca

You are the weakest link: hello
Here's an April Fool's joke for you: What entirely
Internet-based organisation fails to use Web technology to
keep people abreast of what it is up to? The answer is:
ICANN.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30055.html
 
Nominet Positive Renewals Summary
This document is intended to provide a summary of the new
positive renewals procedure that will be adopted by Nominet
UK in the summer of 2003. We urge all Nominet tag holders
to review these new procedures carefully and to prepare
your own systems for the timely adoption of these
processes.

http://www.nominet.org.uk/News/NewsStories/PositiveRenewalsSummary.html

Internic.ca takes dot-cn registrations
Domain registrar Internic.ca is now registering dot-cn
domain names in response to China's opening of the dot-cn
market.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030328.gtbmar28/GTStory

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