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ZDNet NTT
DoCoMo accused of reverse domain name hijacking (7/02) When
NTT DoCoMo accused AT&T of hijacking imode.biz, it forgot to
mention that it had licensed the name to the US telco. Now the
tables have been turned Japan's NTT DoCoMo was accused by a
panel convened by the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) of attempting to reverse-hijack the imode.biz domain name
after it lost its case to win the name from US telecoms giant
AT&T. The accusation was delivered in a ruling by WIPO's
arbitration panel, which found that AT&T had not registered
imode.biz in bad faith and furthermore that in failing to
disclose relevant information to the panel, the complaint was a
case of attempted reverse domain name hijacking.
Daily Yomiuri Trademark
protection upheld in domain names (2/02) The Supreme Court
turned down an appeal from a portable toilet company against an
order that it discontinue use of an Internet domain name that
conflicted with the name of a leading consumer credit firm,
Jaccs Co., court officials said. This decision upholds a
September 2001 ruling by the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High
Court that the Toyama-based portable toilet firm, Nihonkai
Pakuto, must discontinue use of the domain name www.jaccs.co.jp.
WHIR New
personalized domains unveiled (1/02) The unveiling of new
domains will give consumers greater choice in defining their Web
identify while concurrently creating greater revenue
opportunities for ISPs and Web hosts. Earlier this week, Global
Name Registry launched the ".name" domain. The new
top-level domain is specifically reserved for individuals.
Global Name Registry is allocating both Web addresses
(www.firstname.lastname.name) and e-mail addresses
(firstname@lastname.name) to traditional registrar channels
using the new top-level domain.
ZDNet Yahoo
battles sex.com over link (8/01) Yahoo Inc., which is trying
to distance itself from adult-oriented merchandise and
advertising, has landed in another sex skirmish. The Sunnyvale,
Calif., Internet company has attempted to stop a Web site called
sex.com from funneling users away from Yahoo's site. Users that
type in the phrase "yahoo.sex.com" are automatically
transferred to the sex site, because of sex.com's use of an
Internet technology called the wildcard domain-name service.
eCommerceBase Domain
Name Goldrush Part 4 - Expiring Domains Industry on Hold (8/01)
On the 10th August 2001, Verisign Inc., the company responsible
for running the .com shared registry system, dropped a massive
bomb-shell. They announced the immediate suspension of the
"batch" release of deleted domain names. In one swift
action, they put the entire expiring domains industry 'on hold'
until further notice.
Yahoo 3GSP.com Hits Domain Aftermarket (10/00) Global
Telecom Domains is pleased to announce that the premier 3G
Internet address ``3GSP.com''
is now available in the domain aftermarket through an exclusive
agreement between 3G internet Ltd., and Global Telecom Domains
Inc. The Reserve Price starts at $1 million.
TheFeature
(8/00) Wondering who registered WirelessDonuts.com,
WirelessCurry.com, and WirelessBurgers.com? Read this article
to find out.