Domain Name Law and Practice An International Handbook

by Bettinger, Torsten; Waddell, Allegra

• ISBN13: 9780191807411
• ISBN10: 0191807419
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2015-06-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Table of Contents

Preface, Torsten Bettinger
Part I - The Domain Name System
A. The Structure and Organization of the Domain Name System, Torsten Bettinger
B. Organizational structure and functions of the Internet Coporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Torsten Bettinger and Volker Griemann
C. Original gTLDs: Registration Procedures and Dispute Resolution, Torsten Bettinger
D. New gTLDs, Torsten Bettinger, Mike Rodenbaugh, Jannik Skou, and Volker Greimann
E. Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs), Torsten Bettinger
F. The European Top Level Domain ".eu", Torsten Bettinger
G. Domain Name Industry, Jannik Skou
H. Statistics, Torsten Bettinger
Part II - National Law
Australia, Alistair Payne and David Fixler
Austria, Peter Burgstaller
Belgium, Alain Strowel and Benjamin Docquir
Brazil, Karin Grau-Kuntz
Canada, Eric Macramalla
China, Lian Yunze and Liu Yuping
Czech Republic, Ladislav Jakl
Denmark, Knud Wallberg
Finland, George Souter
France, David Taylor
Germany, Torsten Bettinger
Greece, Apostolos Chronopoulos
Hong Kong, Hong Xue
India, Pravin Anand
Ireland, James Bridgeman
Israel, Ellen Shankman
Italy, Philipp Fabbio
Japan, Makoto Hattori and Nodoka Nakamura
The Netherlands, Adonna Alkema
Norway, Kristine Celius
Poland, Justyna Ozegalski-Trybalska
Portugal, Goncalo da Cunha Ferreira
Russian Federation, Iouri Kobiako von Gramm and Natalia Gulyaeva
Singapore, Tan Tee Jim
South Africa, Charne Le Roux
South Korea, Ho-Hyun Nahm
Spain, Albert Agustinoy
Sweden, Petter Rindforth
Switzerland, Gallus Joller
Turkey, Mustafa Aksu
United Kingdom, Dawn Osborne
United States, William R. Towns
Part III - Rights Protection Mechanisms
A. Rights Protection Mechanisms for new gTLDs
I. Rights Protection against Applications for a new gTLDs (Pre-Delegation Dispute Resolution)
1. New gTLD Dispute Resolution Procedure, Torsten Bettinger and Mike Rodenbaugh
2. String Confusion Objection, Torsten Bettinger
3. Legal Rights Obligation, Torsten Bettinger
4. Public Interest Objection, Torsten Bettinger
5. Community Based Objections, Torsten Bettinger
II. Rights Protection against the operation and use of new gTLDs by the Registry Operator (Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution)
1. Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Policy (PDDRP), David taylor
2. Registry Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedures (RRDRP), Torsten Bettinger
3. Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure (PICDRP), Torsten Bettinger
III. Rights Protection against the Registration and Use of Domain Names within a new gLTD
1. Trademark Clearing House, Sunrise Procedures and the Trademark Claims Service (TMCH), Hong Xue, Torsten Bettinger, and Allegra Waddell
2. Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS), Torsten Bettinger and Allegra Waddell
3. Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy, Torsten Bettinger
4. Registry Specific Rights Protection Mechanisms (DPML), Torsten Bettinger
B. Rights Protection Mechanisms for all gLTDs
I. Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and Procedure (UDRP), Torsten Bettinger and Allegra Waddell
II. Other Consensus Policies
III. gTLD Specific Dispute Resolution Procedures
C. Rights Protection Mechanisms for ccLTDs
I. Alternative Dispute Resolution for .EU, Torsten Bettinger and Allegra Waddell
II. Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures for ccTLDs
1. UDRP for ccTLDs, Torsten Bettinger
2. ccTLD Specific Dispute Resolution, Torsten Bettinger
Part IV - Joint Recommendation
Table of Country Overviews, Torsten Bettinger
Table of Country Overviews, Torsten Bettinger and Allegra Waddell