Konstantinos, congratulations! Best Rolf Konstantinos Komaitis schrieb: > 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: [log in to unmask]