Hi all

Some more news in what looks like my last week collecting news.

Cheers
David

New Zealand Internet Group Considers New Domain Names (Newsbytes) 18Dec
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/00/159498.html
The Internet Society of New Zealand (ISOCNZ) has been asked by the country's
banking sector to consider a new domain name ending within the .nz domain
name space.

NetRegistry gets back to basics (Sydney Morning Herald) 18Dec
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0012/18/bizcom/bizcom1.html
Privately-held domain registrar NetRegistry has taken the popular dot com
route to profitability of halving head count and scrapping ambitious growth
plans.

Domain name sovereignty a legal minefield (South China Morning Post) 18Dec
http://technology.scmp.com/internet/DAILY/20001218072346570.asp
The English-language monopoly over Internet domain names is raising complex
legal disputes and touching on issues of national sovereignty for the
world's most populous nation.

ASX wins domain name challenge (Fairfax IT) 18Dec
http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/breaking/20001218/A7085-2000Dec18.html
The Australian Stock Exchange has won a case before an international
arbitration board over custodianship of the australianstockexchan=ge.com
domain name.

Entrepreneur seeks �1m for Internet company name (Daily Telegraph) 17Dec
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003771574057608&rtmo=VkV4G1kx&atmo=rrrrrrrq
&pg=/et/00/12/17/caracz17.html
Patrick Racz, a serial entrepreneur and inventor, is hoping to net �1m from
the sale of his registered company name, Internet Plc, and its associated
internet domain names.

Competition in Hangul Domain Name Service Market Heating Up (Korea Times)
17Dec http://www.korealink.co.kr/kt_biz/200012/t200012171725534311169.htm
Competition is heating up to take the initiative in the Korean Internet
domain name service market, estimated to reach 2 trillion won annually.

Urteil im Fall "fpo.at" (ORF) 17Dec
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=51548
FPO.AT wird auf FPOE.AT umgeroutet | Grundsatz-Entscheidung zur Haftung des
Domainverwalters f�r Kennzeichenverletzungen durch Domain-Namensinhaber |
Keine generelle Pr�fpflicht f�r Provider | Sagt Oberster Gerichtshof

Rechtsanwaelte.de darf nicht von Kanzlei verwendet werden (ZDNet) 16Dec
http://www.zdnet.de/news/artikel/2000/12/16007-wc.html
Das Landgericht M�nchen I hat die Rechtsanw�lte der Kanzlei Graefe & Partner
untersagt, die Domain www.rechtsanwaelte.de zu verwenden. Andere Anw�lte
hatten eine wettbewerbsrechtliche Verwarnung angestrebt. Das Gericht war von
einer Behinderung der Kollegen ausgegangen und hatte Graefe & Partner die
alleinige Nutzung untersagt. 

Hong Kong to Establish New Domain Name Corporation (Inside China) 15Dec
http://www.insidechina.com/localpress/chonline.php3?id=230310
A new Internet domain name corporation is being developed in Hong Kong to
assume the overall responsibility of the region's domain name
administration.

JPNIC's First Dispute Settlement Centers on Domain Name Transfer: Verdict
May Come Before Year-End (AsiaBizTech) 15Dec
http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/moren/119691
A new solution to company-to-company disputes on the ownership of Internet
domain names will soon be introduced.

Nintendo Win Domain Name Disputes (AsiaBizTech) 15Dec
http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/moren/119709
WIPO ruled in favor of Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co., Ltd.in cases involving
disputes over Internet domain names.

Close shave for BAA in domain name wrangle (Guardian) 15Dec
http://www.mediaguardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,411907,00.html
The owner of a bizarre website dedicated to sheep has won a large
out-of-court settlement from the British Airports Authority in the latest in
a series of David and Goliath battles over domain names.

Frozen food company hits snag with domain name (Nando Times) 15Dec
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500290397-500460198-503049
513-0,00.html
The owner of the Findus frozen food trademark has been refused the rights to
the Internet domain name www.findus.com after a United Nations arbitrator
ruled in favor of a Swedish couple that already owns the address.