Congratulations and thanks for sharing the news. Best regards, Hakik At 17:18 11-06-2010, Konstantinos Komaitis 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 ><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]>[log in to unmask] > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/>MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean.