Congratulations!! On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis < [log in to unmask]> 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: [log in to unmask] >