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Posts Tagged ‘domain name lawyers’VIC and NSW Governments team up for new GTLD tenderWednesday, October 26th, 2011 The Victorian and New South Wales governments have teamed up to open a tender for the application and provision of registry services for new GTLDs including .melbourne and .sydney. The tender appears to be for a ‘start to finish’ service provider who can apply to ICANN for the GTLDs, manage the process and provider registry services. There are a number of local players who would be likely to bid in the tender process, including Melbourne IT (who originally managed the .au space) and Ausregistry who currently provides registry services for the .au space (as well as a number of other international TLD and ccTLDs).  Tags: .melbourne, .sydney, domain law, domain lawyer, domain lawyers, domain name law, domain name lawyer, domain name lawyers, technology law ICA files letter of comment on URSMonday, May 16th, 2011 The Internet Commerce Association (ICA), the peak body representing domain name investors and developers, has filed its letter of comment to ICANN concerning the revised Verisign contract for the operation of the .Net registry. As part of the contract review process, ICANN is being lobbied by intellectual property owners to implement a draconian Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system in the .Net space. The URS has been proposed for new GTLDs, and there are now moves to introduce it into the .Net space by intellectual property holders. The ICA is opposed to the implementation of the URS. In the ICA’s letter to ICANN it argues that (in relation to the URS):
Among its submissions the ICA also says:
To view a full copy of the ICA submissions click here. Tags: domain lawyer, domain name lawyers, ICA, IT Law, lawyers, technology law, technology lawyer auDA Calls for Public CommentTuesday, May 3rd, 2011 auDA, the Australian Domain Name Regulator has today released the draft recommendations of the 2010 Names Policy Panel for public comment. The 2010 Names Policy Panel (“the Panel”) have considered the following policies (as part of auDA’s request for a review):
Public comment on the draft recommendations will be open until Friday 10 June 2011. A full copy of the draft recommendations are available from the auDA website. The draft recommendations clearly show a reluctance by the auDA Panel to change the excessively regulated .au domain space. Among some of the draft recommendations, the Panel has recommended that:
The public are encouraged to provide feedback to the Panel – a copy of the draft recommendations can be found here. Tags: auDA, domain law, domain lawyers, domain name lawyers, domainers, IT Law, IT Lawyers, technology lawyers Protect it or lose it!Monday, January 24th, 2011 We have recently seen some high profile domain names that haven’t been renewed by registrants. Much of the time domain names are not renewed because they are no longer required, but on occasion, the registrant contact email is not updated after an employee leaves a business or a business stops using an email address. Recently, Bunnings forgot to renew hardware.com.au, which was quickly snapped up by Woolworths, presumably for use in their hardware business. In this case, the registrant email address was not valid, which is likely to be the reason that the domain name was not renewed. The consequences of this may be catastrophic for a business, but it need not happen. Here are some simple tips to avoid your domain name accidentally expiring:
In almost all cases, simply following these tips will help you avoid expiry. Remember once a domain name expires it becomes available (after a grace period) for registration by anyone else including your competitors. Protect it or lose it! Domain name lawyers like Cooper Mills are constantly helping clients recover domain names, but prevention is better than cure…. Tags: domain law, domain lawyers, domain name, domain name law, domain name lawyers Auction heightens the voltage on electricity.com.auFriday, January 7th, 2011 We recently saw hardware.com.au snapped up by Bunnings rival Woolworths after they failed to renew the highly sought after domain, and today was SPI’s turn, failing to renew electricity.com.au which achieved a sale price of $31,000 at auction. According to its website, SPI Electricity & Gas Australia, part of the large Singapore Power Group, operates the transmission networks for gas and electricity in Victoria, and boasts an electricity network of 6500km. The successful bidder was Pacific Octane, an online media group who acquired electricity.com.au in spirited bidding today for $31,000. Domain names are of critical importance to business both on and off line, and business needs to value and protect intellectual property rights. Cooper Mills Director, IT and Domain Name Lawyer, Erhan Karabardak said that “Intellectual property, including its protection should be a critical part of any business strategy. This is even more important, as most businesses and consumers now carry on business not just in their local area, but globally via the internet.“ Tags: business law, domain law, domain lawyers, domain name law, domain name lawyers, electricity.com.au, IT Law auDA calls for nominations to 2010 Names Policy PanelMonday, July 5th, 2010 Australian domain name regulator, auDA has called for nominations from interested and qualified persons to take part in the 2010 Names Panel.
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