Domain Name Law and Practice

An International Handbook
2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-966316-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1696 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 1942 g

An established authority in the field, this work provides comprehensive analysis of the law and practice relating to internet domain names at an international level, combined with a detailed survey of the 36 most important domain name jurisdictions worldwide, including the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, China, Singapore, Russia, Canada, and Australia, and new chapters on Israel, Mexico, South Korea, Brazil, Colombia, Portugal, and South Africa. The survey includes extensive country-by-country analysis of how domain names relate to existing trade mark law, and upon the developing case law in the field, as well as the alternative dispute resolution procedures.

In its second edition, this work analyses, in depth, key developments in the field including ICANN's new gTLD program. The program, introducing more than 700 new top-level domains, will have far-reaching consequences for brand name industries worldwide and for usage of the internet. The complicated application process is considered in detail as well as filing and review procedures, the delegation process, the role and function of the Trademark Clearing House and the Sunrise and Trademark Claims Services, dispute resolution, and new rights protection mechanisms.

Other developments covered include new registration processes such as the use of privacy and proxy services, as well as the expansion of the scope of internationalized domain names, including the addition of a number of generic top-level domains such as ".tel" and ".travel". Also considered are developments relating to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in terms of the nature of cases seen under the Policy and the number of cases filed, as well as the recent paperless e-UDRP initiative. The Uniform Rapid Suspension System, working alongside the UDRP in the new gTLD space, is also discussed in a new chapter on this process.

Giving detailed information about the registration of domain names at national, regional and international levels, analysis of the dispute resolution processes at each of those levels, and strategic guidance on how to manage domain names as part of an overall brand strategy, this leading work in international domain name law is essential reading for practitioners in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bettinger, Torsten

Waddell, Allegra

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz allg., Marken- und Kennzeichenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Zivilprozess- und Schiedsverfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht Telekommunikationsrecht, IT-Recht, Internetrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Part I - The Domain Name System

- A: Torsten Bettinger: The Structure and Organization of the Domain Name System

- B: Torsten Bettinger and Volker Griemann: Organizational structure and functions of the Internet Coporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

- C: Torsten Bettinger: Original gTLDs: Registration Procedures and Dispute Resolution

- D: Torsten Bettinger, Mike Rodenbaugh, Jannik Skou, and Volker Greimann: New gTLDs

- E: Torsten Bettinger: Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs)

- F: Torsten Bettinger: The European Top Level Domain ".eu"

- G: Jannik Skou: Domain Name Industry

- H: Torsten Bettinger: Statistics

- Part II - National Law

- Australia

- Austria

- Belgium

- Brazil

- Canada

- China

- Czech Republic

- Denmark

- France

- Germany

- Greece

- Hong Kong

- India

- Ireland

- Israel

- Italy

- Japan

- The Netherlands

- Norway

- Poland

- Portugal

- Russian Federation

- Singapore

- South Africa

- South Korea

- Spain

- Sweden

- Switzerland

- Turkey

- United Kingdom

- United States

- 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: Torsten Bettinger and Mike Rodenbaugh: New gTLD Dispute Resolution Procedure

- 2: Torsten Bettinger: String Confusion Objection

- 3: Torsten Bettinger: Legal Rights Obligation

- 4: Torsten Bettinger: Public Interest Objection

- 5: Torsten Bettinger: Community Based Objections

- II: Torsten Bettinger, David Taylor, and Jane Seager: Rights Protection against the operation and use of new gTLDs by the Registry Operator (Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution)

- 1: David Taylor: Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Policy (PDDRP)

- 2: Torsten Bettinger: Registry Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedures (RRDRP)

- 3: Torsten Bettinger: Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure (PICDRP)

- III: Rights Protection against the Registration and Use of Domain Names within a new gLTD

- 1: Hong Xue, Torsten Bettinger, and Allegra Waddell: Trademark Clearing House, Sunrise Procedures and the Trademark Claims Service (TMCH)

- 2: Torsten Bettinger and Allegra Waddell: Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS)

- 3: Torsten Bettinger: Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy

- 4: Torsten Bettinger: Registry Specific Rights Protection Mechanisms (DPML)

- B. Rights Protection Mechanisms for all gLTDs

- I: Torsten Bettinger and Allegra Waddell: Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and Procedure (UDRP)

- II: Other Consensus Policies

- III: gTLD Specific Dispute Resolution Procedures

- C. Rights Protection Mechanisms for ccLTDs

- I: Torsten Bettinger and Allegra Waddell: Alternative Dispute Resolution for.EU

- II: Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures for ccTLDs

- 1: Torsten Bettinger: UDRP for ccTLDs

- 2: Torsten Bettinger: ccTLD Specific Dispute Resolution

- Part IV - Joint Recommendation

- Table of Country Overviews

- Table of Country Overviews

Über Autor(innen)

Torsten Bettinger is a partner with the patent attorneys and attorney-at law chambers of Bettinger Scheffelt Kobiako von Gamm in Munich. He advises in all fields of intellectual property and specializes in the creation of global trademark and branding strategies, programs to protect intellectual property rights against infringement, unfair competition and copyright. He has counseled clients on cutting-edge issues such as the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program, including drafting and prosecuting new gTLD applications and developing advocacy and enforcement strategies in this space. As counsel and as WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center panelist, Mr Bettinger has been involved in decisions on numerous domain name conflicts based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and similar processes for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).

Allegra Waddell is an intellectual property attorney. She is barred in Missouri, United States, and is registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office. Before beginning work as a private legal consultant on UDRP-related matters, Allegra served several years on the Legal Staff of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section of WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center. During her time at WIPO, she was involved in the drafting of the electronic version of the UDRP Rules approved by ICANN in October 2009, served as the WIPO contact to the CentralNic registry regarding its third-level registration policy, and was heavily involved in the research for and drafting of the second edition of theWIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Decisions released in February 2011.