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Konstantinos, congratulations!<br>
Best<br>
Rolf<br>
<br>
Konstantinos Komaitis schrieb:
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<title>New book on domain name regulation</title>
<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear all,<br>
<br>
To those interested, my book on domain name regulation has just been
published. I am including a blurb from my publishers and some
information where to find it.<br>
<br>
With many thanks<br>
<br>
KK<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Routledge have just published
the following book which you may find of interest. It is available now
from all good bookstores, or direct from our website. <br>
</span><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b> <br>
</b></span></font><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>The Current
State of Domain Name Regulation<br>
</b></span></font><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Domain
Names as Second Class Citizens in a Mark-dominated World<br>
</span></font><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">By
Konstantinos Komaitis<br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
In this book Konstantinos Komaitis identifies a tripartite problem –
intellectual, institutional and ethical – inherent in the domain name
regulation culture. Using the theory of property, Komaitis discusses
domain names as sui generis ‘e-property’ rights and analyses the
experience of the past ten years, through the Uniform Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Anticybersquatting Consumer
Protection Act (ACPA). The institutional deficit he identifies,
generates a further discussion on the ethical dimensions in the
regulation of domain names and prompts Komaitis to suggest the creation
of an environment based on justice. <br>
The relationship between trademarks and domain names has always been
contentious and the existing institutions of the UDRP and ACPA have not
assisted in alleviating the tension between the two identifiers. Over
the past ten years, the trademark community has been systematic in
encouraging and promoting a culture that indiscriminately considers
domain names as secondclass citizens, suggesting that trademark rights
should have priority over the registration in the domain name space. <br>
Komaitis disputes this assertion and brings to light the injustices and
the trademark-oriented nature of the UDRP and ACPA. He queries what the
appropriate legal source to protect registrants when not seeking to
promote trademark interests is. He also delineates a legal hypothesis
on their nature as well as the steps of their institutionalisation
process that we need to reverse, seeking to create a just framework for
the regulation of domain names. Finally he explores how the current
policies contribute to the philosophy of domain names as second-class
citizens. <br>
With these questions in mind, Komaitis suggests some recommendations
concerning the reconfiguration of the regulation of domain names.<br>
<br>
</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>June 2010:
296pp<br>
HB: 978-0-415-47776-5: £75.00<br>
eBook: 978-0-203-84958-3<br>
<br>
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For more information including a table of contents, or to order your
copy, please visit <font color="#0000ff"><u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765">http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765</a></u></font></span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <<font
color="#0000ff"><u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765">http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765</a></u></font>>
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style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
-- <br>
Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<br>
Lecturer in Law,<br>
GigaNet Membership Chair,<br>
University of Strathclyde,<br>
The Lord Hope Building,<br>
141 St. James Road,<br>
Glasgow, G4 0LT,<br>
UK<br>
tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<br>
email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>
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