David Beckham re-invents the internet
David Beckham has breathed new life into the internet, with
his move to Real Madrid sparking a flurry of online
activity. Within hours of Beckham signing for the Spanish
giants, a domain name frenzy was underway, with individuals
buying up as many domains as they could lay their hands on
which included any combination of David, Beckham and 23 -
his new shirt number.

http://www.silicon.com/news/500019-500001/1/5039.html?nl=d20030709

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,993909,00.html
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142148

Website owners warned of rogue domain name renewal tactics
Domain name holders of. info and .biz  need to be vigilant
and well prepared for the pending renewals for both
suffixes, registrar Internetters has warned.

http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=123250&liFlavourID=1&sp=1
 http://www.silicon.com/news/500016/1/5025.html
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1326048_9677_1-5046.html

Cisco: Move to IPv6 - IPv4 time bomb is ticking
Studies show that there are far fewer internet addresses
available than we think, a senior Cisco engineer told
silicon.com sister site CNETAsia last week.

http://www.silicon.com/news/500016-500001/1/5010.html?nl=d20030708

'Open Season' Declared on LA's Internet Address
Cooler than ".com" and hotter than ".us", the re-released
".la" domain is creating a mad scramble for addresses,
Baltimore-based BulkRegister said Monday.
 http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/2229701

Pseudonym Can Also Infringe Right To Name - from Baker &
McKenzie Global E-Law Alert
The German Federal Supreme Court held that a pseudonym
registered as a domain name may also constitute an
infringement of one’s right to one’s name. The Court
decided that, although a pseudonym also acquires protection
under the name right, such protection is only enforceable
where the user is known under that name.
 http://www.bmck.com/elaw/archivehome.asp

Cybersquatting and Misspelled Domain Names - from Baker &
McKenzie Global E-Law Alert
The Complaint Board for Domain Names recently decided two
cases in which a business had registered misspelled domain
names of two well-known company web sites, i.e.
"wwwnykredit.dk", "www-nykredit.dk" and "nukkredit.dk"
rather than "nykredit.dk". Nykredit is a major Danish
financial institution. The registrations in question were
only a few out of more than 400 registrations. The
Complaint Board found that the registrations not only
constituted an infringement of the well-known trademarks,
but were also a breach of good marketing practices. The
board found that the registrations should be transferred to
the complainants.
 http://www.bmck.com/elaw/archivehome.asp

Holocaust Copy Web Site - from Baker & McKenzie Global
E-Law Alert
The Complaint Board for Domain Names has decided a case
regarding the two web sites "holocaust-uddannelse.dk" and
"holocaustuddannelse.dk". "Holocaust-uddannelse" translates
to "Holocaust-education". The former web site was launched
in 2001 by a publicly funded but independent institution
studying historic and current events relating to genocide.
The latter web site was launched in 2002 by an organization
denying the occurrence of the Holocaust. The Complaint
Board found that both the domain name and the content of
the latter web site were clearly copying the original web
site and thus ordered "holocaustuddannelse.dk" transferred
to the complainant. The board found that the actions were
in breach of honest conduct, citing the principles on good
marketing practices.
 http://www.bmck.com/elaw/archivehome.asp

Government Wins Domain Names - from Baker & McKenzie Global
E-Law Alert
A CIRA adjudication panel ordered the transfer of several
.ca domains to the Government of Canada on the grounds they
were confusingly similar to the government’s trademarks and
the registrant had no good-faith interest in them
 http://www.bmck.com/elaw/archivehome.asp

Juniper's IPv6 Advocate Tests Mythology
IPv6 advocacy has been tainted by FUD and half-truth.
CommsWorld recently interviewed Juniper's Jeff Doyle, who
is a strong supporter of IPv6 -- but who also has little
patience for IPv6 mythology. Forget security, half-true
address crises and QoS: the best reason for the world to
run with IPv6 is what's driven the Internet all along --
innovation.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/158_0_1_0_C

Analyzing The Inbox of a Spammer’s Domain
Consider this scenario: you need a domain name for your
site so you go to your favorite domain registrar’s website
and upon a quick search find that your third choice is
actually available! You quickly pull your credit card and
register the name. Everything is good and you can’t wait to
have your new domain start pointing to your site and
represent your official email address. But not so fast --
some of the recent events are revealing that, these days,
when you are registering a domain name there is one more
critical thing you need to do: check under the hood!
 http://www.circleid.com/article/156_0_1_0_C/

Fight Spam With the DNS, Not the CIA
It seems like spam is in the news every day lately, and
frankly, some of the proposed solutions seem either
completely hare-brained or worse than the problem itself.
I'd like to reiterate a relatively modest proposal I first
made over a year ago: Require legitimate DNS MX records for
all outbound email servers.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/151_0_1_0_C/

UDRP Dilemma In Proving Bad-Faith Domain Registrations -
Part III
In the final part of this 3-part series article, the issue
of UDRP in proving bad-faith domain registrations that are
held passively is examined with respect to the trademark’s
characteristics.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/152_0_1_0_C/


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