Disputes Running More Frequent
May 30th, 2008 by 
Michael Lawrence
Owners of three letter domain names do come at risk of being disputed by large corporations using trade marks as part of their arsenal. Current claims through the court give great insight in to the future of domain owners and company owners.
The number of pending and recently settled claims on three character domains is staggering. Here is a portion of the current disputes :
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The internet is currently unpoliced says The Guardian. And the nearest it has to a governing body is the Internet Governance Forum of stakeholders which they describe as more like a parliament than an executive. The article describes how the IGF is made up, gives its background and notes there are “[m]any countries, particularly developing nations, were unhappy that the US had so much online clout. They saw Icann, originally set up as an offshoot from the US Department of Commerce, as a tool of western colonialism. They wanted to see it administered by the United Nations in a top-down fashion.” 
A flurry of ccTLDs passing the magical one million mark hasn’t stopped IEDR marking the passing of the 100,000 mark in the emerald isle last week.
Hackers knocked Comcast.net offline late Wednesday night, preventing customers from getting to their Comcast Web mail and account records on the company’s Internet portal reports IDG. 
A good registrar will ask a client for their details to place in the whois if the information is provided by the client is false the domain will not be registered. Domain applications being submitted to registrars are not getting flagged and causing issues with spam, Cyber squatting and obtaining information by deception. Large Corporations protect there interests by brand protecting there name and obtaining there name on a world wide scale covering the ccTLD market and the generic name spaces. ICANN are aware of this problem and are taking action.
NIC Argentina has recently advised registrars IDNs will be available for registration starting sometime before August 2008). The Argentinean IDN launch will comprise four stages: 
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but 
The May edition of ICANN’s Monthly Magazine has been published with the following issues covered: What happens when you don’t comply?; A full policy rundown in just one click; What’s on the Board’s slate?; L-root issues and Paris previews; as well as news from around the world; what ICANN has been doing and more… 
An application has been received to create a new, moderated second level domain (2LD) - .health.nz. Copies of the application, and the proposed moderation policy, can be seen at: 