Commentary: RealNames' real problem 
VeriSign's keyword partnership with RealNames fails to address
RealNames' fundamental market problem: The current Internet domain
naming conventions are good enough for most people. 
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-7130910-0.html

New net domain 'fiasco'
The new .info domain is having a troubled birth
Up to a quarter of the early registrations for the new .info domain
name could be bogus. 
A study of 11,000 registrations has shown a failure of the steps
taken to stop people winning control of domains they do not have the
right to run. 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1593000/1593396.stm

More than 50,000 '.biz' names on hold  
Operators of the new ".biz" Internet suffix they will place more than
50,000 domain names on hold after a California court ruled that they
might be running an illegal lottery.  
 http://technology.scmp.com/internet/ZZZUNBMFRSC.html

>From BNA Internet Law News
JUDGE PUTS SOME OF DOT-BIZ OUT OF BIZ
A California judge has ruled that it is likely that dot-biz
registrar Neulevel is running an illegal lottery and thus
issued an order enjoining it from proceeding with certain
aspects of its dot-biz domain allocation.  The judge stopped
53,000 domains for which there were multiple applications
from going live and required NeuLevel to deposit $3 million
with the court to cover the possibility of refunding the $2
application fee NeuLevel collected from the 1.5 million
applications received for those 53,000 domains.
http://www.lextext.com/icann/index.html
Note from NeuLevel to registrar community at
 http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg01345.html

http://europe.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/12/dot.biz.domain.reut/index.html
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/070062.htm
 http://www.msnbc.com/news/642106.asp
WHILE VIRGINIA COURT DISMISSES NEULEVEL SUIT AGAINST AMAZON
It was all-around bad day for NeuLevel -- an ILN reader
reports that a Virginia court has dismissed the Neulevel
suit launched against Amazon.com.  The court ruled that it
did not have subject matter jurisdiction.  Neulevel brought
the suit after receiving a threatening letter from Amazon
claiming that the company was operating an illegal lottery.

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A PENDING TRADEMARK APPLICATION UNDER
THE UDRP?
Apparently it depends on whether you are a complainant or
respondent.  In a just-released NAF decision involving
"channel5.com", a three-member panel, which included Carolyn
Marks Johnson, ruled that the respondent's pending trademark
application did not establish a legitimate interest in the
name, noting that "a trademark filing, in and of itself,
does not constitute sufficient demonstrable preparations to
use a domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of
goods and services."  Interestingly, the same panelist, the
NAF's second busiest, has consistently ruled that a
complainant's pending trademark application does offer
evidence of a right in the name ("Complainant's rights are
evidenced by its pending trademark application with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office for TELEPLACE.";
"Complainant also has rights in the mark, given
Complainant's pending trademark application.").
Channel 5 decision at
http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/98415.htm
Other decisions cited at
http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/95639.htm
http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/95835.htm

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