Panel recommends ICANN overhaul
The group that oversees the Internet's traffic system moved closer to
a complete overhaul over the weekend when a committee recommended
changes aimed at making the controversial body function more
smoothly. 
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-930275.html

VeriSign to Help Telecoms With Wiretap Orders 
Security and Web address provider VeriSign Inc. Monday unveiled a new
service to help U.S. telecommunications carriers comply with
wiretapping regulations that have gained more prominence since the
attacks of Sept. 11. 
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51040-2002Jun3.html

The following stories are from BNA Internet Law News...
UDRP PANEL RULES NAF SUPPLEMENTAL RULES INCONSISTENT WITH
UDRP POLICY
An NAF three-member panel has reportedly issued an
interesting decision that provides important comments on a
NAF supplemental rule that permits parties to file
supplemental filings within five calendar days and pay $250.
 The panel argued that the NAF rule was inconsistent with
the ICANN UDRP which grants panelists the discretion whether
to accept late filings.  Report at
http://www.udrplaw.net/ExclusiveNews8.htm

DOT-NAME DOMAINS VIOLATE ICANN REGULATIONS
According to a new study by Ben Edelman at Harvard's Berkman
Center For Internet & Society, thousands of recently
registered .name domains violate ICANN regulations.  Under
restrictions approved by ICANN, registrations of .name
domains must adhere to the format "firstname.lastname.name"
and must be "a person's legal name, or a name by which the
person is commonly known."  Study at
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/name-restrictions>

Coverage at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51060-2002Jun3.html

NZ DOMAINS GETTING FRAZZLED BY AU SPAMMERS
New Zealand domain name registry Domainz has failed in its
attempts to shut out Australian spammers Internet Registry.
Like fellow registry Internet Name Group, which is under
investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission, Internet Registry has a copy of the Domainz
"Whois" database of .co.nz name owners, which they
cross-referenced against the .com database and use to send
spam.
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=204471>

SALON FEATURES THE BATTLE OVER NISSAN.COM
Salon runs a story on the long-running battle over the
Nissan.com domain.  The case pits Nissan the automaker
against Uzi Nissan, the owner of a computer company based in
North Carolina.
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/03/nissan/index.html


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