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uk: New techniques to tackle cybersquatters
Nominet, the national registry for UK domain names, is
planning to change the way it settles disputes between
website owners and so-called cybersquatters.
 http://www.web-user.co.uk/news/48480.html

uk:  Nominet ease cybersquatter eviction
UK Domain registry, Nominet UK is looking to update its
Domain Resolution Service with the intention of making it
easier to evict cybersquatters.

http://www.net4nowt.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=2013


Over 3,000 businesses registered Vietnamese domain names
To date, over 3,000 enterprises and individuals have
registered to Vietnam National Internet Center for
Vietnamese domain names, of which 60 domain names have been
granted.

http://www.bvom.com/news/english/news/index.asp?.sequence=16550&.this=64

Czech Republic: Recent Decisions of Czech Courts in Domain
Name Disputes (reg req'd)
With a rising frequency, the Czech judiciary faces the
necessity to deal with disputes involving domain names,
registered in the top level domain .cz.
 http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=25549

Eminem wins cybersquatting case
Rapper Eminem has won a cybersquatting case against a
British company who used his name without permission.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3653089.stm
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=1592
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4909989

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1201120,00.html

50 dominios transferidos a sus propietarios tras denuncia
ante la OMPI
En una denuncia conjunta, una serie de peri�dicos
estadounidenses decidieron acudir al Centro de Arbitraje y
Mediaci�n de la OMPI para que examinar� su caso.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108297162444085.shtml

us: Department of Justice, National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children Launch Effort Aimed at Misleading Domain
Names
As part of an ongoing effort to crack down on websites that
deceive minors into viewing pornographic and obscene
materials, the U.S. Department of Justice and the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced
today that the National Center's CyberTipline, a reporting
mechanism for child sexual exploitation, will now feature
the ability to receive reports from the public on
misleading Internet domain names.

http://ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1573

us: Cybersquatters wait in hope
No disrespect, says Pete Lucas, a fast-talking American
who's "between jobs", but politicians don't particularly
thrill him. Would-be politicians may be wise, however, to
pay Lucas attention - or, as he'd prefer, money. In this
age of the internet, Lucas owns what a lot of them don't:
their digital identities.

http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/22/1082530293193.html

us: Realtors Find Their Informedia Websites Have Gone Black
After trying and failing to get Informedia Group, Inc.
founder Alan Isabelle to answer a few questions, Realty
Times has learned that he's disappeared and left no
forwarding address, but angry Realtors plan to hunt him
down.
 http://realtytimes.com/rtapages/20040422_informedia.htm

ICANN Gets New Oversight
ICANN this week appointed a long-awaited Independent Review
Panel, adding an avenue of appeals for people who believe
they have been wronged by ICANN acting outside its own
bylaws.

http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/720749e9bc9ab94880256e7e0032e061

ICANN ccNSO Council Election
Call for nominations

http://ccnso.icann.org/elections/ccNSO-nom-proc-200404.shtml

Ripe: Call for Comments on Proposed MoU Between ICANN and
the NRO
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) and the Number Resource Organization (NRO) have
stated their intention to sign a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) detailing the conditions under which
and the manner in which the NRO will act as the ICANN
Address Supporting Organization (ASO).

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/about/regional/aso/call-mou-042004.html

Ripe: ORGANISATION objects in the RIPE Whois Database
The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that as of 17, April
2004, a new type of object, the ORGANISATION object, is
available in the RIPE Whois Database.
 http://www.ripe.net/db/org-object-042004.html

Ripe NCC Regional Meeting
The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the RIPE NCC Regional
Meeting, Moscow, 2004. The meeting will take place at the
Hotel Metropol from 16 to 18 June 2004.
 http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/moscow-2004

Special Protection Leads To Red Cross Win in UDRP - from
UDRPlaw.net http://www.udrplaw.net/news.htm
In a decision issued by the National Arbitration Forum on
March 31, 2004, a UDRP panelist for the first time cited to
a prior American Red Cross decision while granting transfer
of two domain names containing the federally protected RED
CROSS trademark to the American Red Cross.
 http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/237440.htm

WIPO Comes to Silicon Valley – High Tech IP Issues in a
Global Marketplace hosted by Stanford Law School on May 17
and 18, 2004
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the
Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology are joining
forces to bring to the fore issues relating to intellectual
property and the growing importance of intellectual
property in technology and knowledge driven economies
today.
 http://www.wipo.int/meetings/2004/stanford/en/index.html

State of ODR 2004
In preparation for the Third Annual Forum on Online Dispute
Resolution being held in Melbourne 5-6 July 2004
(http://odrforum2004.themediationroom.com/), the
International Conflict Resolution Centre is updating its
research on the state of the art of ODR. We are trying to
identify any ODR sites or services that have been launched
since January 2003. This will update the "76 and Counting"
report at last year's UN Forum
(http://www.odr.info/unece2003/pdf/Tyler.pdf). If you are
aware of any new ODR sites or services, we would be
grateful if you could notify Matthew Corrigan
m.corrigan§ugrad.unimelb.edu.au so we can include them in
the report.

Hartmut Glaser electo como Supervisor en el Proceso de
Elecciones del ccNSO
Para el pr�ximo proceso de elecciones del ccNSO se han
electo tres integrantes: Hartmut Glaser, Ken Fockler y Jim
Higgins.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=568&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0


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