[ga] [newsflash.uslegal] AIP U.S. Legal Newsflash: Congress and the Courts(1.15) (fwd)

["J. Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>]

This is a bit dated .. regarding ICANN.

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 October 11, 1999                                      Volume 1, Issue 15
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                ASSOCIATION OF INTERNET PROFESSIONALS
                w w w . a s s o c i a t i o n . o r g

ICANN Developments

 * Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
   Published in Draft Form for Public Comment.

 * NSI and ICANN Resolve Outstanding Issues
   Over ICANN's Authority.

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UNIFORM DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY
PUBLISHED IN DRAFT FORM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
(ICANN Developments)

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has published a
draft uniform dispute resolution policy ("UDRP") for public comment that,
when adopted, will require domain name registrants to arbitrate disputes
with trademark holders over the rights to use names on the Internet. The
policy will be incorporated into all domain name registration agreements
and will be binding on all domain name owners.

ICANN has announced its intention to adopt some form of the URDP at or
prior to its annual meeting in Los Angeles in November. The deadline for
public comments is October 13, 1999. All comments should be submitted, by
e-mail, to comment-udrp@icann.org.

Copies of the draft URDP and ICANN's staff overview can be found at:
http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm

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NSI AND ICANN RESOLVE OUTSTANDING ISSUES
OVER ICANN'S AUTHORITY
(ICANN Developments)

This week, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Network Solutions ("NSI"), and
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers reached agreement
this week on a number of issues significant for the viability of ICANN and
the long term operation of Internet's root servers. In a series of
contracts and draft agreements, NSI's operation of the registry for .com,
.net, and .org was extended until 2003, with an additional extension until
2007 possible if NSI separates the registry business from its registrar
business. NSI recognized ICANN's authority with regard to names and number
allocation and agreed to apply to become an accredited ICANN registrar.

ICANN has posted all of the draft contracts for public comment at:
http://www.icann.org/agreements.htm

Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society has published
an analysis of the contracts and the issues they present at:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/analysis/fall99contracts/