ICANN Convenes Industry-Heavy Security Panel (Newsbytes)
The body that manages the Internet's global addressing system has
gathered a clutch of high-tech industry officials and addressing
experts to serve on a panel that will be charged with safeguarding
the security of the Domain Name System (DNS).
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175858.html
 http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11apr02.htm

ICANN warns of domain-dispute swindle (IDG)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is warning of
a swindle by an organization claiming to be an approved domain-name
dispute solver.

http://europe.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/04/12/domain.fraud.idg/index.html
 http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/11/020411hnicann.xml
 http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-08apr02.htm

Esther Dyson on Internet Privacy, Policing, ICANN and Investing
(Wharton)
Back in the heyday of the Internet in the late 1990s, Esther Dyson
was often referred to as the chief guru of the tech world, a
reputation enhanced by the publication of her 1997 book, Release 2.0:
A Design for Living in the Digital Age. 

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/articles.cfm?catid=9&articleid=542&homepage=yes

New initiative to tackle cybersquatting (EU Business)
The European Commission joins forces with the World intellectual
property organisation (WIPO) on 23 April in a regional consultation
in Brussels addressing improper use of Internet domain names, or
'cybersquatting'.
 http://www.eubusiness.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=77518

From BNA Internet Law News
Decision Discusses The Difference Between UDRP And STOP
An NAF panelist has reviewed the difference between UDRP cases and
those involving the dot-biz STOP policy. The panelist notes that
dot-biz registrants will sometimes know that their registration
matches a trademark at the time of registration due to the dot-biz
advance IP Claim service and thus changing the evidence typically
used to prove bad faith registration.  Case involved the domain
genelogic.biz. Decision at
 http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/103042.htm



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