BRISBANE IS NO BARCELONA A WIPO arbitrator has rejected an ICANN UDRP claim by the City of Brisbane for the brisbanecity.com domain. Professor Andrew Christie ruled that the City failed to demonstrate a trademark interest in the name for the purposes of the UDRP. Decision at http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0047.html WHILE ITS COURTS DEAL WITH THE FIRST DOT-PH DOMAIN DISPUTE The Philippines is also grappling with its first domain name dispute in the courts as the Philippine Long Distance Company has launched an action over the pldt.com.ph domain. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/story/0,2000024714,20201582-1,00.htm US COMMERCE DEPT. SET TO DECIDE VERISIGN / ICANN DEAL The US Department of Commerce (yes, Commerce not Congress) is expected to decide today whether to approve the deal between VeriSign and ICANN. The controversial deal would give VeriSign control over the global .com registry through 2007. Meanwhile, ICANN today posted an official, updated version of its draft budget on its site. The move comes in the wake of reported leaks of a earlier version of the budget. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165629.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5902622.htm http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-14may01.htmReceived on Tue May 15 2001 - 07:52:12 UTC
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