New book on domain name regulation

[Fouad Bajwa]

Congrats Konstantinos on publication of your very own book! From a
first glance of the introduction, you are going to set straight a lot
of the misunderstandings created by a single sided commercial world in
the domain business!

I can't wait to get my own copy autographed by you!!!

Cool!

Best

Fouad Bajwa

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis
<k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> 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.
>
> With many thanks
>
> KK
>
> 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.
>
>
> The Current State of Domain Name Regulation
> Domain Names as Second Class Citizens in a Mark-dominated World
> By Konstantinos Komaitis
>
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> With these questions in mind, Komaitis suggests some recommendations
> concerning the reconfiguration of the regulation of domain names.
>
> June 2010: 296pp
> HB: 978-0-415-47776-5: £75.00
> eBook: 978-0-203-84958-3
>
>
>
> For more information including a table of contents, or to order your copy,
> please visit http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765
> <http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765>
>
> --
> Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,
> Lecturer in Law,
> GigaNet Membership Chair,
> University of Strathclyde,
> The Lord Hope Building,
> 141 St. James Road,
> Glasgow, G4 0LT,
> UK
> tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306
> email: k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk
>