New publication on Domain Name Law
Posted by Nicole Klein , Thursday, 07 August 2008

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Torsten Bettinger: Handbuch des Domainrechts: Nationale Schutzsysteme und internationale Streitbeilegung, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Munich 2008, 1753 S., ISBN-978-3-452-25488-7, € 188.- .

A new international Handbook on Domain Name Law has been published. The “Handbuch des Domainrechts” is an updated German version of the international Handbook “Domain Name Law and Practice”which was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. It was edited and written by leading experts in the fields of domain name dispute resolution and trade mark law from around the world.  

The Domain Name Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the law and practice relating to Internet domain names at an international level and assembles detailed information about the registration of domain names at national, regional and international levels and strategic guidance on how to manage domain names as part of an overall brand strategy. 

A particular strength of the book are its 20 country reports including the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, China, and Russia by renowned foreign experts in the field of domain name law, each presenting an approx. 25 – 50 page overview of the registration system, analysis of case law and out-of-court dispute settlement proceedings under the respective ccTLD. Also of major practical importance is a clear and systematic presentation of the UDRP Panelists decisions as well as decisions of domain name conflicts under the TLD .EU.

 

 

 

 

 

  

The Domain Name Handbook contains:

·      a systematic analysis of the domain name registration systems of all gTLDs and the twenty most important ccTLDs; 

·      an analysis of the jurisdiction of twenty countries on domain name conflicts, including a description of procedural aspects of domain name conflicts (court procedure and remedies, international jurisdiction, choice of law); 

·      detailed information on alternative dispute resolution procedures and Panelist decisions on domain name disputes under the ccTDS in 20 countries; 

·      a description of the UDRP and a detailed analysis of UDRP panelist decisions on key procedural and substantial issues; 

·      a description of the .EU Dispute Resolution procedure under Regulation 874/2004 and a detailed analysis of panel decisions on key procedural and substantial issues;

·      summaries of the registration preconditions for domain names and alternative dispute resolution procedures in 45 countries and

·      an extensive glossary with definitions of technical terms and factual information about the most important Internet organisations. 

 

Readership:   

Practitioners and in-house counsels practicing IT and intellectual property law (particularly trade marks); Registries, Registrars and their resellers; Internet Service Providers.   Overall, the Handbook is an excellent presentation of national and international domain name law and of huge benefit for great many Internet Service Providers, lawyers and business people dealing with domain name registrations and the practice of domain name law.

Further information: 

·         Overall structure of the handbook

·         Sample text, Chapter XVI 2) dd) "Haftung des Administrativen Kontakts (Admin-C)"

·         http://www.bettinger.de/
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