Konstantinos, congratulations on the book publication! I can't wait to get my autographed copy of the book. :-) We are sooooooo lucky to have your legal expertise and dedication in NCSG. Best, Robin On Jun 11, 2010, at 9:18 AM, 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> > > -- > 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] IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]