The 411 on Dot-Info Disputes 
For a brief period, Stephen Rumney felt like the luckiest domain name
speculator on Earth. 
After trying to register about 80 very sought-after names in the new
dot-info domain this summer, the London Web designer was surprised to
find shortly afterwards that his attempts were wildly successful. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49074,00.html

Tony 'Del Boy' Blair flogs second-hand domain names 
The UK government has started selling off the domain names from
bankrupt companies.
Through the Treasury Solicitor's Department website,
bonavacantia.co.uk punters can get hold of names owned by companies
that have gone into liquidation.
 http://www.silicon.com/a49953

What's The Big Fuss About Long Domain Names? 
The word is out. You can now register domain names of up to 67
characters. This is going to shoot your ranking way up on the search
engines. Because if you stuff all your keywords into your domain
name, search engines are simply going to love your site. Or so they
say... 
But is that really the truth? 
 http://www.stickysauce.com/articles/domainarticles/bigdomains.htm

Canadian Domain-Name Authority Scrutinizes Resellers 
The organization in charge of Canada's domain name space says it may
create special rules for businesses that resell Internet addresses
through "official" .ca registrars. However, the Canadian company that
is one of the largest wholesalers of domains distributed using the
reseller model says there's no need to change the system.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172998.html

From BNA Internet Law News...

AUSTRALIAN BATTLE BREWS BETWEEN DOMAIN NAME SELLERS
A growing battle is brewing between competing Australian
domain name sellers.  NetRegistry has forwarded evidence to
the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that it
believes shows ongoing unethical behavior by competitors
Melbourne IT and Internet Name Group.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20262226,00.htm

CIRA SCRUTINIZES DOMAIN NAME RESELLERS
CIRA says it might create special rules for businesses that
resell Internet addresses through "official" .ca registrars.
The Canadian domain-name authority is seeking public comment
on proposals that may include a certification process
for companies that resell domains.  Coverage at
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172998.html
Request for comment at
<http://www.cira.ca/official-doc/94.Registrar_Reseller_Issue_Paper___November_8_2001.pdf>

ICANN ORDERS VERISIGN TO RETOOL DOT-COM PROMO
VeriSign has changed a promotional offer in which it gave
cash incentives to retail Internet address sellers who
increased their sales of .com and .net names.  Upon learning
of the promotion, ICANN officials expressed concern that the
offer breached the terms of the contract that authorizes
VeriSign to run dot-com.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172993.html

NEULEVEL ANNOUNCES NEW DOT-BIZ DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Neulevel has issued a statement on changes to its
distribution plans for the thousands of dot-biz domains that
are currently the subject litigation in California under
allegations of an illegal lottery.  It appears that the
company now plans to start fresh with the contested domains
in February 2002 with another round of IP claims review and
then a round robin distribution of the remaining names.
http://www.neulevel.biz/faqs/distr_methods.html

FORUM SHOPPING CLAIMS A VICTIM AS ERESOLUTION FOLDS
Weeks after announcing that it would cease accepting ICANN
UDRP cases, eResolution on Friday announced that it was
folding its operations.  Pending cases will be handled to
their completion.
http://www.eresolution.com/

CHINESE COURT RULES NO SPECIAL DOMAIN RIGHTS FOR FAMOUS
BRANDS
A Chinese court has ruled that the China Internet Network
Information Centre, the administrator for the dot-cn, may
not reserve Chinese domain names for companies that are
well-known.  The court ruled that the administrator must not
hold back names on its own initiative and must treat all
domain name applicants equally.
http://www.idg.net/ic_778197_1773_1-3921.html

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