Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business on 13 February, a more recent edition of the news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ How to Build an Internet Governance Forum By Milton Mueller http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_to_build_an_internet_governance_forum/ Businesses snap up '.eu' domain names http://www.rte.ie/business/2006/0208/internet.html eu: Sex.eu leads domain scramble http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18081078%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html The 2006 Grafstein Lecture in Communications: Ambassador David A. Gross http://www.law.utoronto.ca/visitors_content.asp?itempath=5/5/0/0/0&cType=NewsEvents&specEvents=1364 ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* Council Working Group on WSIS (WG-WSIS): MEETING SUMMARY Background: The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ITU?s adaptation to the Information Society environment and Implementation of WSIS decisions. There were two important tasks: the internal aspects on the possible ways of ITU adaptation and the external aspects on ITU activities to implement Summit decisions. http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Feb-2006/docs/summary_of_the_itu_reform_meeting.doc Internet governance: the way forward An international conference entitled "Internet Governance: The Way Forward" is being organised by DiploFoundation in co-operation with the Maltese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malta Communications Authority and other international partners, to provide a forum for discussion of the establishment of the Internet Governance Forum. http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=213728 How to Build an Internet Governance Forum By Milton Mueller Public consultations on the new "Internet Governance Forum" being created by the United Nations will be held in Geneva February 16-17. The Internet Governance Project has released a new discussion paper explaining how the Forum could work. The Forum must be as open as possible and give all stakeholders equal participation rights. Its deliberations must be wide-ranging and resist politically motivated barriers to discussion. And its products must feed into other, more authoritative Internet governance forums. http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_to_build_an_internet_governance_forum/ The 2006 Grafstein Lecture in Communications: Ambassador David A. Gross To watch this lecture, "New Technologies and the Rise of Political Liberty", go to http://www.law.utoronto.ca/visitors_content.asp?itempath=5/5/0/0/0&cType=NewsEvents&specEvents=1364 http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/ **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** cn: Websites named after pandas up for sale A man from Hunan Province has bought 16 Website domain names related to the two giant pandas that the Chinese mainland gave as gifts to Taiwan. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/06/content_517441.htm cn: Rule change aids China cyber-squatters New regulations will make it more difficult for companies to protect their domain names from cyber-squatters in China. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149815/china-name-laws-help-squatters http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2149815/china-name-laws-help-squatters eu: Sex.eu leads domain scramble HUNDREDS of thousands of businesses have raced to snap up .eu internet domain names, with "sex.eu" taking the prize for the most sought-after address. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18081078%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/keen-interest-in-sexeu/2006/02/08/1139074275818.html http://mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/&articleid=263591 eu: PwC misses .eu deadline (reg req'd) PricewaterhouseCoopers has failed to secure the rights to the domain names www.pricewaterhousecoopers.eu and www.pwc.eu after apparently missing the deadline to submit the necessary documents http://www.managingip.com/?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=21345&SID=611722 eu: EURid reverses policy on licences (reg req'd) EURid, the registry for .eu domain names, has changed its policy on trade mark licences just days before the launch of the second part of the sunrise period on February 7. http://www.managingip.com/?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=21345&SID=611719 Businesses snap up '.eu' domain names Hundreds of thousands of businesses raced to snap up '.eu' internet domain names yesterday, with 'sex.eu' taking the prize for the most sought-after address on the first day companies could apply. http://www.rte.ie/business/2006/0208/internet.html http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/885564.htm http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=41479 Irish businesses snap up .eu domains Over 700 Irish businesses applied for .eu domain names in the first hour of processing today, after EU Internet began validating names on behalf of businesses. http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=1353399;s=rollingnews.htm uk: Firms tricked in web address scam A man has admitted 24 charges of obtaining money by deception in an internet domain name scam. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4689704.stm http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=199222006 us: Trade marks: Defensive ownership of domain names (reg req'd) Companies embarking on a new business venture or undertaking a brand expansion programme under a selected trade mark typically believe that they have taken care of their intellectual property protection needs once they have searched, cleared and made a federal filing for their trade mark. However, these steps do not prevent a third party from securing internet domain names that are identical or confusingly similar. While the steps to protect trade mark rights accord a basis to challenge such third parties, trade mark owners are often surprised at the costs and difficulties that can be associated with enforcing these rights on the internet. http://www.managingip.com/?Page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=21306&SID=610828&TYPE=20 us: Sen. Baucus pushes for .xxx Internet domain It?s rare that Christian conservatives and the pornography industry agree on anything. But a congressional proposal to create a new Internet domain has made odd bedfellows of the two groups. http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/02/06/montana/a01020606_02.txt us: Super ad finally a go for GoDaddy.com Persistence--and 13 failed tries because of racy content--paid off for the Web site GoDaddy.com. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-0602030284feb03,1,2989038.story us: Entwistle-related domain names snapped up Cyber squatters have scooped up Internet domain names connected to the Entwistle murder mystery while a new Web site dedicated to the slain mom and daughter has been posted -- eerily under the name www.neilentwistle.com. http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=121308 The Maverick: Owning the right domain is the name of the game Almost every asset class known to man has boomed in the past few years; shares, bonds, property, commodities, art - you name it, the price has soared. Easy money and worldwide growth have fuelled extraordinary gains across the board. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/02/05/ccluke05.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/02/05/ixcoms.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2006 David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - home ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find a local business fast with Yahoo! Local Search http://au.local.yahoo.comReceived on Sun Feb 12 2006 - 03:38:29 UTC
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