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VeriSign Renews ICANN Fight in Cali
Getting no traction at the federal level, VeriSign
lawyers took their case against ICANN to the state.

http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3402031
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/ver090104.cfm

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/technology/30verisign.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10613412%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

VeriSign sues ICANN in state court
VeriSign made good on a promise and took to state
court its crusade against the organization that
oversees the Net.

http://news.com.com/VeriSign+sues+ICANN+in+state+court/2100-1030_3-5331779.html

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39165167,00.htm

http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=133000&liFlavourID=1&sp=1

ICANN beats VeriSign's antitrust claim
ICANN has convinced a court to dismiss an antitrust
lawsuit filed against it by domain registry VeriSign
over its interference with the launch of VeriSign's
Site Finder service.

http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=icannbeatsverisign1093872293

http://www.it-analysis.com/article.php?articleid=12197

ICANN UDRP and Contract Disputes
When domain name conflicts between manufacturers and
distributors rest on contractual disputes over the use
of the trademark owners' marks, ICANN UDRP panels have
frequently denied relief.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/729_0_1_0_C/

ICANN Publishes Comprehensive Evaluation of the
Introduction of the .aero, .biz, .coop, .info,
.museum, .name and .pro gTLDs
The experiences and lessons learned from the initial
introduction of new gTLDs (.aero, .biz, .coop, .info,
.museum, .name and .pro) will provide an invaluable
foundation for ICANN's development this year of a new
predictable strategy for selecting new TLDs using
straightforward, transparent, and objective procedures
that preserve the stability of the Internet.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-31aug04.htm

uk: Boot's on the other foot for royal wellie maker
Henry Maxwell, bootmakers to the British Royal Family,
recently lost their domain name henrymaxwell.com after
they forgot to renew it, allowing it to be swept up
and re-registered by a Swiss registrant who now uses
the domain as a porn site.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2004/08/boot_31.htm

de: Phishers suspected of eBay Germany domain hijack
eBay Germany and German domain registry organisation
DeNIC are to investigate a partly successful domain
hijacking scam that remained unnoticed for at least a
couple of hours.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/01/ebay_germany_hijack/

in: Squatter of HPCL domain name evictedAdd to
Clippings
In a major relief to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited, the World Intellectual Property Right
Organisation ordered the domain name "hindpetro.com"
be given back to the PSU from a US-based cyber
squatter.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/835474.cms

ca: Nude photos found on ex-football team site
Fans scanning the Internet for information about their
high school football team are instead finding pictures
of naked women after a booster club let the domain
name for its website lapse.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040831.gthayaug31/BNStory/Technology/

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040830/ap_on_fe_st/web_woes_2

Go Daddy Incorporates Sender ID Framework to Expand
Email Security (news release)
Go Daddy announced it will integrate the Sender ID
Framework for email authentication co-developed by
Microsoft and Meng Wong, CTO of pobox.com, into its
email security system, continuing Go Daddy's
leadership position in the fight against spam and
online phishing scams.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-31-2004/0002241345&EDATE=

Costcohosting.com Name Sparks Dispute
WebHostingWholesale.com confirmed late last week that
legal representatives for the Costo Wholesale Group
has been pushing the company to give up its ownership
of the domain name costcohosting.com.
WebHostingWholesale sells Web hosting services for $1
per month through the costcohosting.com domain.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/cos090104.cfm

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Sources include Quicklinks (www.qlinks.net) and BNA
Internet Law News (www.bna.com/ilaw)".

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