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at: Supreme Court Rules on WIPO Procedure Costs
For the first time, the Supreme Court has ruled on the
issue of whether the costs of a World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) procedure for a domain
name dispute can be claimed as damages from the
defeated party.

http://www.internationallawoffice.com/ld.cfm?r=9027&i=38929

CIIA commences registrar accreditation via the Council
of Country Code Administrators.
Registrars which have been accredited by auDA will
automatically be provisionally accredited by CoCCA as
registrars in the CX ccTLD.
 http://nic.cx/news.jsp

Africa Calls for More Cyber-Rights
THE INTERNET, developed as an instrument of US
military defence, has long been controlled by the
United States. But as the Internet evolves into a
global commercial and information resource and a
potential tool for development, growing number of
countries are demanding a stake in its running.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200411020428.html

za: SA Net Domain Closer to Re-Delegation
The .za Domain Name Authority is hoping the
re-delegation of responsibility for SA's Internet
domain will be a done deal at the upcoming Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
meeting.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200411010080.html

4,000 information providers register domain names in
Vietnamese
According to the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications
Corporation (VNPT), about 4,000 Internet information
providers (IPs), or almost 1 percent of Viet Nam's
total IPs, registered their domain names in Vietnamese
in the past six months.

http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=29&NEWS_ID=124879

Chinese domain names to be promoted
China will promote the use of domain names in Chinese
characters in order to make the website names easier
to remember.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200411/02/eng20041102_162410.html

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/01/content_2165478.htm

A Kink in .Travel Plans
Robert Arbogast is one of many alternative domain name
owners who are just now finding out their years-long
investment in .travel might come to an end after a
recent decision by ICANN.
 http://internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3430261

ENUM Status in North America
On October 28, 2004, a number of companies announced
the formation of a new organization, the Country Code
1 ENUM Limited Liability Company (CC1 ENUM LLC), to
build the public infrastructure that will promote the
development of ENUM technology within the countries of
the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). The
countries of the NANP include the United States,
Canada and the Caribbean nations.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/11/02.html#a740

ICANN Announces Timetable for Release of Strategic
Plan  	
ICANN is preparing to release a proposed three year
Strategic Plan. This Strategic Plan sets the direction
and establishes the three-year goal for ICANN's Staff
and Operational Functions. It has been prepared by the
office of the ICANN President and CEO in consultation
with ICANN's Board of Directors and after receiving
input from the ICANN community. The final Plan will be
completed after further consultation involving the
ICANN Community.
 http://www.thehostingnews.com/article699.html
 http://www.cheaphostingdirectory.com/article603.html

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-31oct04.htm

ICANN Announces Details of December Meeting
ICANN recently announced the details of the December
Meeting to be held from December 1-5 at the Cape Town
International Convention Center in Cape Town, South
Africa.
 http://news.webhosting.info/t-3063

Can Toll Free 800 Number Domains Pay Off?
The toll free number 1-800-Get-Rich belongs to the
Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Perfect vanity
number for a casino, right?

http://webpronews.com/ebusiness/smallbusiness/wpn-2-20041101CanTollFree800NumberDomainsPayOff.html

In Search of Credit Card Issuers for Spanish Domain
Names (news release)
Less than 4 months after the recent sale of
CreditCards.com for $ 2.75 Million, the Spanish
counterpart is on the blocks, but this domain name has
some company which makes it even more intriguing.

http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/11/emw173786.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/prweb/20041102/bs_prweb/prweb173786_1

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Online Consultations on Financial Mechanisms Start
Today
The Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM) was
decided at the summit in 2003 and finally set up on 4
October 2004 in New York. As civil society
participation in the Task Force is extremely limited,
and the TFFM staff at UNDP is already working on the
final report, there are only few chances for open
discussion and consultation. Two are coming up in the
next few weeks: The UN ICT Task Force and Global Forum
in November in Berlin, and an online consultation on
financing mechanisms that has started today.
 http://www.worldsummit2005.de/en/web/683.htm

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Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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(c) David Goldstein 2004

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