New Top Level Domains, Domain Hijacking, and Cyber-Squatting Awareness at Domain Roundtable Conference
The Domain Roundtable, May 25th through the 27th in Seattle, will feature discussions on significant internet domain naming issues, including new top level domain names (TLD), domain hijacking, and cyber-squatting. Everyone interested in these important topics should plan to attend the Domain Roundtable. Net proceeds from the conference will be donated to Tsunami relief activities through AmeriCares®.
(PRWEB) May 18, 2005 -- Top Level Domain names or TLDs, are new website name
extensions. Current well known TLDs include ‘.com’, which is used by most
for-profits, ‘.gov’; government organizations, ‘.org’, used by non-profit
organizations and ‘name.edu’, which designate educational institutions. The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), who controls web
naming conventions, has added several new TLDs, including ‘.eu’ for European
Union and sponsored names (sTLD) such as ‘.travel’ for the travel industry and
‘.jobs’ that is restricted to use by the human resource profession. ICANN
representatives Tim Cole and Tina Dam, along with other industry experts, Roland
Buck of EuroDNS; and Ray Fassett of Employ Media (the operators of .jobs) will
be at Domain Roundtable to discuss this subject in depth.
Domain
hijacking is the practice of stealing an organization or individual website
name. The hijacker could send the current owner a phony or misleading
registration transfer approval form or submit a fraudulent transfer
authorization to the current website host. Website owners who are not vigilant
can fall prey to these practices. Several conference sessions will feature
experts from both the legal and operations sides of the internet industry,
including Richard Lau of Domain Manager; patent attorney John Berryhill PHD,;
Ari Goldberger of ESQwire; Scott Donahey of Tomlinson Zisko; Bob Cumbow of
Graham & Dunn PC; Derek Newman of Newman & Newman and Devon Ryning of
Miller-Nash LLP.
In Cyber Squatting, a person may register well-known
names or words, or common typographical errors of popular names as websites. The
registrant then offers to sell the website, often for a considerable price, or
diverts the web traffic to a website where they make money from advertising or
product sales.
In 1999 the Congress passed the Anti Cyber Squatting
Consumer Protection Act, which extended the rights of trademark ownership to
include websites. More recently, Internet regulatory organization ICANN created
the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, known as UDRP to address this
issue. The process of claiming ownership of ones brand name can be complicated
and expensive. Domain Roundtable will offer attendees the opportunity to hear
from lawyers and others who specialize in internet legal issues, including
Valerie du Laney of Miller-Nash; Doug Isenberg of GigaLaw; Samantha Frida of
name.com and Leslie Ruiter of Stokes Lawrence PS.
The Domain Roundtable
will be held at the downtown Seattle Sheraton Hotel, a world-class conference
facility. Interested attendees will be interested in special keynotes and local
networking events during the conference, in addition to the formal sessions.
Information about the conference, activities and accommodations can be found at
http://www.domainroundtable.com.
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