domain name news - November 15

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

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ICANN moves to move VeriSign lawsuit to Paris
The Internet's governing body is trying to reroute a
lawsuit that VeriSign, which has a monopoly on the
master .com database, filed against it in February.
ICANN said Friday that it has requested that the
lawsuit be moved from California state court to the
International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

http://news.com.com/ICANN+moves+to+move+VeriSign+lawsuit+to+Paris/2110-1028_3-5450806.html
 http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9588_22-5450806.html

ICANN domain transfer policy takes effect
ICANN's new transfer policy for inter-registrar domain
names went into effect on Friday.
 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1112icanndomai.html

http://infoworld.com/article/04/11/12/HNicanntransfer_1.html

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=domainnametransfer1100264082

Is Your Domain Locked Down?
ICANN's new domain transfer policy that starts Friday
is intended to provide greater security and
portability to the domain transfer process and protect
against "domain slamming."
 http://internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3434741

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20041112/tc_zd/139245

ICANN changes .com, .net domain name transfer rules
The rules for transfers of US-based top level domain
names have changed today. The changes are aimed at
making the transfer of domains between registrars
easier, but fears have been raised that it is also
easier to hijack them as well.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/65690/icann-changes-com-net-domain-name-transfer-rules.html

New domain rules 'will make hijacking easier'
New rules for domain transfers will come into effect
on Friday, making it easier for people to hijack
domains, according to the security and network
services company Netcraft.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=10942

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/11/09/domain_transfers_and_hijackings_to_become_easier.html
 http://www.circleid.com/article/799_0_1_0_C/

NetSol Locks Domains, But Others Say Concerns Are
Overblown
Network Solutions is among a number of domain
registrars who have automatically locked down all
domain names registered by its customers to prevent
errant transfers under new ICANN guidelines on domain
transfers, which take effect Friday.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/11/10/netsol_locks_domains_but_others_say_concerns_are_overblown.html

ICANN: Domain-Transfer-Policy tritt in Kraft

http://www.tecchannel.de/news/internet/18150/index.html

ICANN Domain Name Transfer Policy Becomes Effective
(news release)
ICANN announced that its new inter-registrar domain
name transfer policy has gone into effect.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12nov04.htm

Denic Plans .net Bid
Denic eG, the non-profit cooperative that runs
Germanys .de internet domain, is considering
submitting a bid to take over the running of the .net
domain registry, member support permitting, the
organization has confirmed.
 http://au.news.yahoo.com/041112/20/rpc5.html

Denic will Verisign den .net-Betrieb abjagen
Die für den Betrieb der geografischen Top-Level-Domain
(TLD) .de zuständige nicht gewinnorientierte
Frankfurter Genossenschaft Denic e.G. erwägt, sich um
den künftigen Betrieb der gegenwärtig bei Verisign
befindlichen TLD .net zu bewerben. Der Vertrag von
Verisign mit der Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) läuft im kommenden Sommer
aus und soll womöglich schon heute neu ausgeschrieben
werden.

http://www2.computerwoche.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&artid=67424

Internet's .Net Goes Out For Bid
With management responsibilities of the .net domain
soon to be up for grabs, several groups are
positioning themselves to snatch the domain from its
current steward, VeriSign Inc. The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a
non-profit corporation that manages the Internet
Domain Name System, Friday will issue a formal request
for proposals in its quest to ensure .net's smooth
operation for years to come.

http://crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=52601171

ICANN Releases .NET RFP for Public Comment (news
release)
ICANN has released for public comment a draft of the
.NET Request for Proposals (RFP). The public comment
period will commence today and will end in two weeks
on 26 November 2004 at 17:00 UTC.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12nov04-3.htm

National Arbitration Forum Named Dispute Resolution
Provider for Internet Domain Registrar Disputes (news
release)
The National Arbitration Forum and the Asian Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) have been
approved as independent dispute resolution providers
for the Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy (TDRP) as
announced today by the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This policy is
part of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, which
will go into effect on November 12, 2004.

http://arbitration-forum.com/arbitration/news/111004.asp
 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041110/cgw028_1.html

ICANN Takes Steps to Move VeriSign Contract Dispute
from Litigation to Arbitration
ICANN has initiated efforts to enforce the arbitration
clause of VeriSign’s .net Registry Agreement and move
the VeriSign lawsuit into an international arbitration
forum. ICANN has filed its demand for arbitration
pursuant to the terms of the current .NET Registry
Agreement and in response to litigation VeriSign
re-initiated in a California state court following the
US Federal District Court’s dismissal of its
anti-trust allegations earlier this year. ICANN is
hopeful that the arbitration proceeding will provide a
quick and efficient resolution to the outstanding
dispute between the parties. ICANN sent its
arbitration demand to the International Chamber of
Commerce in Paris which is designated within the
current .NET agreement as the arbitration forum for
disputes arising relating to the terms of that
agreement.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12nov04-2.htm

ICANN Approves Dispute Resolution Providers for TDRP
ICANN announced yesterday that the Asian Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) and the National
Arbitration Forum (NAF) have been approved as
independent dispute resolution providers for the
Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy (TDRP). This policy
is part of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, which
will go into effect on 12 November 2004.
 http://news.webhosting.info/t-3153

Owner of Rugby.com Emerges from Scrum $350,000 Richer!

We've only seen a couple of brief lulls in the bull
market that domains are enjoying this year. One was
last week when overall sales were solid but there were
no high flyers. The previous time that happened the
following week was a monster and it just happened
again. Rugby.com led the rebound with a whopping
$350,000 price tag, placing it among the top 5 sales
this year.

http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/domainsales11_16_04.htm

E-government and IP Symposium for the Arab Region,
Dubai (UAE), 22-25 November 2004
The symposium will focus on e-government for the Arab
region and therefore will be an opportunity to address
practical issues aimed at fostering the development of
e-government in the region and also provide a forum
where participants will share experiences and discuss
policy aspects of the management of DNS (Internet
Domain Names) and IP Addresses.
 http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/e-strategy/Seminars/UAE/

nz: InternetNZ appointed as the next APTLD Secretariat
"On behalf of the board and members of APTLD, my
congratulations to Peter Macaulay, Gale Blikshavn and
everyone involved in the InternetNZ bid. APTLD
welcomes the opportunity to work with InternetNZ
during its coming term as the APTLD secretariat."
Peter Dengate-Thrush (Chair, Asia Pacific Top Level
Domain Association)

ca: New Policy to Set Standard for Internet Domain
Name Privacy:
CIRA launches open consultation on proposed new WHOIS
policy. Comments due by January 12, 2005.
 http://cira.ca/news-releases/135.html

ICANN, the ITU and WSIS and Internet Governance by
Geoff Huston
In the previous article we looked at ICANN, its brief
history, and its achievements. IN this article I'd
like to cast the net a bit wider and look at the
concept of "Internet Governance" in the context of the
ITU and the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS). One of ICANN's major achievements has been the
restructuring of the generic top level domain name
business, where it has been able replace a single
monopoly operator with a system of registry operators
and registrars. The registry operators are constrained
not by regulatory fiat by under the terms of formal
contracts with ICANN, so that regulatory constraint is
replaced by contractual obligation. Registrars operate
under a lighter set of strictures, and the major
constraining factor is the competitive market for
registrar services. In general, the outcomes of these
restructuring measures have been positive, in that the
price to consumers had fallen, the market has, to some
extent stabilised, and the privileged monopoly
position enjoyed by a single operator has been, to
some extent, diluted. This has not happened easily,
and it could be argued that the price paid for ICANN
to achieve this positive outcome has been very high.
 http://ispcolumn.isoc.org/2004-11/igb.html

ICANN and Internet Governance by Geoff Huston
It may have taken some three decades to get here, but
there's now no doubt that the Internet is now a major
public communications utility. That's hardly the most
important piece of news you are likely to read today,
but the implication of this public role is that there
are legitimate issues of public policy to consider
when looking at the broad topic of coordination of
various aspects of Internet infrastructure. In other
words, "Internet Governance" is a matter of
significant concern to many. In this column we will
look at the various range of views about ICANN and its
rationale and role over its brief history. Of course
no look at Internet Governance would be complete
without also looking at the role of the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) as well as the broader
background to this topic. It is a large topic and its
already been the catalyst for numerous articles. Here
I'll try to be as succinct as I can!
 http://ispcolumn.isoc.org/2004-10/iga.html

Internationalizing Top-Level Domain Names: Another
Look - ISOC member briefing #18
Abstract: Over the last few years, rising interest in
internationalized domain names has been accompanied by
interest in using those names at the top level and, in
particular, replacing or supplementing country-code
based domain names with names in the language of the
relevant countries. This memo suggests that actually
creating such names in the DNS is undesirable from
both a user-interface and DNS management standpoint.
It then proposes the alternative of translating the
names so that every TLD name is available to users in
their own languages. An observation is made in many
cultures that one should understand the problem one is
trying to solve before solving it. The conventional
wisdom is usually that this produces better results
and a solution that is a better match to the actual
problem than a "solution first" approach. This article
examines the question of top level DNS names that are
expected to reflect the language of the user from that
user standpoint and suggests a way to approach the
problem that may be better – and serve a wider range
of users – than the perhaps more obvious approach. 
 http://isoc.org/briefings/018/

Why is SCTP needed given TCP and UDP are widely
available? - ISOC member briefing #17
Definition: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
(SCTP) [RFC2960] is an end-to-end transport protocol
that provides services heretofore unavailable from
either of the workhorse transport protocols that have
supported the Internet for more than twenty years:
reliable, connection-oriented TCP [RFC793], or
unreliable, connectionless UDP [RFC768].
 http://isoc.org/briefings/017/index.shtml

Online Crooks Stealing Trademarks, Domain Names Can Be
Thwarted, Wolf Greenfield Lawyer Says
Cyberpirates don't fly the Jolly Roger when ripping
off trademarks and domain names. They work in secret,
but if you don't catch them early, they can scuttle
your ship of commerce.

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041111005429&newsLang=en

Backordering Expired Domain Names
To increase a customer’s chance of registering the
domain name, the service is based on placing multiple
backorders through complementary independent backorder
service providers.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=10954

us: Are they Nuts? Web site gives clue
The Internet domain name modestonuts.com was the first
one to be registered by the minor league baseball
franchise formerly known as the Modesto Athletics,
giving a strong clue as to the new name of the
California League team. Now introducing … your Modesto
Nuts?

http://www.modbee.com/sports/story/9411643p-10320392c.html

ICANN Expected to OK .travel
According to reports, the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org) has entered
into negotiations with Tralliance Corporation for
administrative control over the .travel sponsored
top-level domain. Tralliance, based in New York, is an
organization developed to enhance online commerce
between travelers and the travel and tourism
industries.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/tra111104.cfm

Is Your Domain Name Being Hijacked?
If you own a domain name for your business or personal
use, run, don't walk, to the phone, call the company
you registered the name with, and make sure that name
is "locked down."
 http://pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118589,00.asp

WIPO: Conference on Dispute Resolution in
International Science and Technology Collaboration
Research increasingly involves complex international
collaboration between public and private research
institutions, universities, industry, start-up
companies, venture capital providers as well as
entities involved in the commercialization of
intellectual property and technology. Such
relationships can give rise to equally complex
intellectual property and technology disputes.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/events/conferences/2005/index.html

Backordering Expired Domain Names (news release)
DomainMart today announced that it has introduced an
enhanced domain name backorder service. To increase a
customer’s chance of registering the domain name, the
service is based on placing multiple backorders
through complementary independent backorder service
providers.
 http://emediawire.com/releases/2004/11/emw177789.htm

eu: No podrán registrarse nombres de dominio de
Internet que hagan referencia a la Casa Real
En el Consejo de Ministros de pasado viernes, 5 de
noviembre, se aprobó el que ningún dominio relacionado
con la Casa Real pueda ser registrado bajo el ".eu".

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/110008866415934.shtml

Internet pode ganhar novos domínios
Os usuários de internet podem em breve dispor de dois
novos domínios de internet, o ".post" para os serviços
de correio e ".travel" para a indústria do turismo,
segundo comunicado do ICANN (autoridade responsável
pela regulação técnica da internet).
Nota: IDG Now!

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=796&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

LACNIC VII: Reporte
LACNIC VII se llevó a cabo del 26 al 28 de octubre de
2004 en el Hotel Barceló San José Palacio de San José
de Costa Rica y fue hospedado por el ITS Learning
Center.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=795&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

El Gobierno Español bloquea los nombres de dominio
relativos a la Casa Real
El Gobierno ha decidido hoy que todos los nombres de
la Casa Real, incluidos los relativos a la Princesa de
Asturias, estén bloqueados en Internet y no puedan ser
utilizados por nadie, ni siquiera por el Gobierno
español, salvo nuevo Acuerdo del Consejo de Ministros
al respecto.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=794&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

ICANN en Argentina
CABASE organizará la próxima reunión de ICANN (siglas
de Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers), organismo que define las políticas de
nombres y direcciones de Internet en todo el mundo. La
misma se realizará en abril de 2005 por primera vez en
nuestro país, en la ciudad de Mar del Plata.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=793&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Inaugurado el sitio web del Grupo de Trabajo sobre
Gobierno de Internet (GTGI)
El día 1 de Noviembre se lanzó oficialmente el sitio
web del Internet Governance Working Group, grupo a
cargo de Markus Kummer.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=792&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Directorio de LACNIC nombra representante en el AC del
ASO
LACNIC anuncia que en cumplimiento del nuevo Memorando
de Entendimiento del ASO, el Directorio de LACNIC, en
su reunión del día 26 de octubre de 2004 procedió a
designar al Sr. Hartmut Glaser, para ocupar el cargo
de representante en el Addres Council del ASO por la
región de LACNIC.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=791&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Eleccion Moderador Foro Publico
LACNIC se complace en anunciar la elección de
Christian O´Flaherty como moderador de Foro Público de
LACNIC. La elección se llevo a cabo el pasado 28 de
Octubre durante el Foro Público de LACNIC VII.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=790&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Elección Representante de América Latina y el Caribe
al Consejo de Direcciones del ASO del ICANN
LACNIC se complace en anunciar la elección de
Sebastián Bellagamaba el pasado 28 de Octubre del 2004
durante la reunión de LACNIC VII en San José Costa
Rica como nuevo representante de la región de América
Latina y el Caribe ante el consejo de direcciones del
ASO del ICANN.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=789&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Detalles de la Reunión de Diciembre del 2004 del
ICANN, Cape Town (Sudafrica)
La siguiente ronda de reuniones del ICANN se llevarán
a cabo del 1 al 5 de Diciembre del 2004, en Cape Town
(Sudafrica). Las reuniones son libres de acceso y
abiertas a cualquier persona interesada. ICANN anima
la amplia participación desde la base, en el proceso
del desarrollo del consenso.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=788&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

LACNIC: Proyecto ERX
El Proyecto ERX (Early Registration Transfer),
empezado en Enero de 2003 tenía el objetivo de
transferir a los RIRs apropiados, recursos asignados
por el registro Central antes de la formación de los
Registros de Internet Regionales.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=787&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Fórum regional do Comité governamental consultivo
(GAC)
Capetown, Terça-feira 30 de Novembro de 2004. No
seguimento das reuniões dos fórums regionais em
Cartago, Roma e Kuala Lumpur, GAC está a organizar um
evento semelhante na Capetown, África do Sul,
terça-feira 30 de Novembro de 2004. O fórum da
Capetown será um evento aberto dedicado à informação e
consultas sobre assuntos de interesse particular para
a África.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=786&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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