Domain Name Law and Practice
An International Handbook
2nd Edition
Published in November 2015
Book
Hardback
1696 pages
978-0-19-966316-3 (ISBN)
Description
- The leading work in international domain name law
- In-depth analysis of the trade mark and domain name laws in 35 key jurisdictions
- Includes thorough analysis of ICANN's new gTLD program including the complex application procedures, dispute resolution, and new rights protection mechanisms
- Detailed review of current and anticipated dispute resolution procedures available in the major domain name spaces
- The only work to provide a comprehensive picture of the different registration procedures for domain names, together with an analysis of the law that has developed in respect of domain name at both national and international level in 36 jurisdictions
- Includes an examination of ICANNs organizational structure and Policy-Development Processes as well as ICANNs accountability and transparency frameworks and
- Detailed examination of the alternative dispute resolution procedure set out in the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, and in depths analysis of a large number of key decisions from the over 8,000 panel decisions now rendered
- Provides a critical exposition of the alternative dispute resolution procedure for ".EU" adopted in European Commission Regulation (EC) 874/2004 of April 28, 2004 and an analysis of EU panel decisions
New to this Edition:
- Analysis of the trends and driving forces within the domain name industry in a new chapter including consideration of market structure and the evolution of a 'Domain Name Aftermarket'
- New chapters on Corporate Domain Name Management, the Trademark Clearing House, Sunrise Procedures and the Trademark Claims Service; the Uniform Rapid Suspension System; and Trademark Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure
- New chapters on Colombia, Israel, Mexico, South Korea, Brazil, Egypt, Portugal, and South Africa
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Persons
Torsten Bettinger is a partner with the patent attorneys and attorney-at law chambers of Bettinger Scheffelt Kobiako von Gamm in Munich. He advises in all fields of intellectual property and specializes in the creation of global trademark and branding strategies, programs to protect intellectual property rights against infringement, unfair competition and copyright. He has counseled clients on cutting-edge issues such as the new generic top-level domain (gTLD)
program, including drafting and prosecuting new gTLD applications and developing advocacy and enforcement strategies in this space. As counsel and as WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center panelist, Mr Bettinger has been involved in decisions on numerous domain name conflicts based on the Uniform Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Policy and similar processes for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Allegra Waddell is an intellectual property attorney. She is barred in Missouri, United States, and is registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office. Before beginning work as a private legal consultant on UDRP-related matters, Allegra served several years on the Legal Staff of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section of WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center. During her time at WIPO, she was involved in the drafting of the electronic version of the UDRP Rules approved by
ICANN in October 2009, served as the WIPO contact to the CentralNic registry regarding its third-level registration policy, and was heavily involved in the research for and drafting of the second edition of theWIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Decisions released in February 2011.
program, including drafting and prosecuting new gTLD applications and developing advocacy and enforcement strategies in this space. As counsel and as WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center panelist, Mr Bettinger has been involved in decisions on numerous domain name conflicts based on the Uniform Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Policy and similar processes for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Allegra Waddell is an intellectual property attorney. She is barred in Missouri, United States, and is registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office. Before beginning work as a private legal consultant on UDRP-related matters, Allegra served several years on the Legal Staff of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section of WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center. During her time at WIPO, she was involved in the drafting of the electronic version of the UDRP Rules approved by
ICANN in October 2009, served as the WIPO contact to the CentralNic registry regarding its third-level registration policy, and was heavily involved in the research for and drafting of the second edition of theWIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Decisions released in February 2011.
Content
PART I - THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM ; PART II - NATIONAL LAW ; PART III - RIGHTS PROTECTION MECHANISMS ; A. RIGHTS PROTECTION MECHANISMS FOR NEW GTLDS ; B. RIGHTS PROTECTION MECHANISMS FOR ALL GLTDS ; C. RIGHTS PROTECTION MECHANISMS FOR CCLTDS ; PART IV - JOINT RECOMMENDATION