Domain names at the intersection of free speech and trade-mark law on the Internet.
This article discusses the intersection of trade-mark law and the freedom of speech in the context of Internet domain names. A domain name is a more easily identifiable reference for a long numerical Internet Protocol address (which is used to identify a particular website). The relevance of a domain...

Private sector, gov't to unite to secure cyber commerce.
Companies operating Internet commerce require cyber security measures to reduce their vulnerability to theft of intellectual properties, disruption of business operations, deletion of computer files, and corporate espionage through hijacking of domain names. Among those open to attacks by corporate spies and cybercriminals are companies that spend...

Avoiding technology PR nightmares.
Improper computer use by a school official. Scandalous postings on anti-education websites. The spending of taxpayer dollars on ineffective equipment. They all spell catastrophe for a school system. A district that experiences any of these adverse situations and the accompanying bad publicity risks losing community support for...

Don't let your school domain names get "porn-napped". (Technology Update).
Most operators of pornographic Web sites will take their traffic anywhere they can get it. Often, that means registering domain names that are just a few transposed letters off from a popular site such as Yahoo! Users who mis-type the address then find themselves looking at material they probably...

Ready, set, spoof.
Get your domain names now before the presidential campaign really heats up. Sites already snagged include ObamaTruth.org, StopHillary.com, RudysReallyLiberal.com and TheRealMcCain.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the primaries near, more partisans will take to the Internet to spoof the presidential candidates. During the 2006 campaign,...

Mixing oil with water: resolving the differences between domain names and trademark law.
"The Internet has evolved from its inception as primarily a research network into a full-blown commercial marketplace." (1) I. INTRODUCTION Trademarks exist as an important aspect of businesses. (2) Businesses today demonstrate the importance they place on their trademarks by the amount of money invested...

The future of Internet governance.
The panel was convened at 2:45 p.m., on Thursday, March 29, by its moderator, Tim Wu of Columbia University School of Law, who introduced the panelists: Esther Dyson of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); Michael Froomkin of the University of Miami School of Law; David...

Saint-Gobain takes legal action for trademark.
* Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc. recently initiated legal action against Arminak & Associates of Duarte, CA. The lawsuit alleges that Arminak is marketing products on the internet using Calmar's trademarks. "Arminak is using two internet domain names, which include Calmar's federally registered trademarks TS800 and Mixor, in order...

ALL RUSSIAN DOMAIN NAMES TO BE DELETED ON MONDAY.
Any company or person that has a domain name registered in Russia in the '.ru' name space must re-register its domain before Monday, November 1, when the registry in Moscow plans to delete all its 40,000 registered domains and start over. The Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN), which...

Domain names & online ADR.
What is a domain name? A domain name is the address an individual or company has chosen to be listed for connection through its computers to others. The applicant for registration must provide information to its Internet Service Provider (ISP) and is required to keep that information...