- A
lot of this stuff is like reading chicken bones.
--Anthony
Rutkowski, Manager, Founder, World Internetworking
Alliance
-
WIPO:
World Intellectual Property
Organization
September
23-October 1: Index
to WIPO Member State General Assembly
decisions
regarding recommendation of Standing Committee (see May
24, 2002)
May 24,
2002 - Standing
Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs
and Geographical IndicationsSecond Special Session on the
Report of the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name
Process
February
20, 2001 - WIPO ccTLD Best Practices for
the Prevention and Resolution of Intellectual Property
Disputes - http://ecommerce.wipo.int/domains/cctlds/bestpractices/bestpractices.html
- Deadline for comments: April 30, 2001. See also
WIPO
ccTLD Program to
provide assistance to the administrators of ccTLDs in the
design of registration practices aimed at preventing
friction between domain names and intellectual property
rights
July 11,
2000 - World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) Second Internet Domain Name Process -
http://wipo2.wipo.int/process2/index.html
September
3, 2001 - Report
of the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process - The
Recognition of Rights and the Use of Names in the
Internet Domain Name System
April
12, 2001 - WIPO
RFC3: Interim Report of the Second WIPO Internet
Domain Name Process
- Deadline for comments: June 8, 2001.
January
18, 2001 - WIPO
Report: Abusive Domain Name Registration Involving
Personal Names:
This report was mandated by the
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection
Act
on whether additional laws are needed to protect
personal names from cybersquatting, particularly
politicians' names. The report concluded that no
additional law is needed
January
17, 2001 - WIPO
RFC-2: Request for Comments on Issues Addressed in the
Second WIPO internet Domain name
Process.
Deadline for comments: December 29, 2000.
July
11, 2000 - WIPO RFC-1: Request for Comments
On Terms of Reference, Procedures and Timetable for
the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process -
http://wipo2.wipo.int/process2/rfc/rfc1/index.html
July
11, 2000 - Chronological
Comments Index
July
10, 2000 - Press Release:
WIPO
to probe new issues relating to domain name
abuse
June
28, 2000 - Letter
of request to initiate study from Senator Richard
Alston,
Minister for Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts, Australia
Second
letter of request to develop voluntary guidelines for
the administrators of ccTLDs from Senator Richard
Alston,
with endorsements by Argentina, Australia, Canada,
Denmark, European Union, France, and U.S.
April 30,
1999 - World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) Final Report on The Management of Internet Names
and Addresses - http://wipo2.wipo.int/process/eng/final_report.html
Comments
of Professor Michael
Froomkin,
WIPO Panel of Experts
Petition
to ICANN and the U.S. Department of
Commerce
December
23, 1998 - World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) Interim Report on The Management of
Internet Names and Addresses: RFC-3 - http://wipo2.wipo.int/process1/index.html
RFC-3
Comment Index
Arguments
for Recalling WIPO RFC-3, by Ed Gerck
March
14, 1999 Comments
of Peter Rony,
Virginia Polytechnic University
March
12, 1999 Comments
of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
March
12, 1999 Comments
of Kathryn Kleiman,
DNRC
March
11, 1999 Comments
of Carl Oppedahl, Esq.
March
11, 1999 Presentation
of Ellen Rony
at Washington, D.C. WIPO consultation
March
8, 1999 Comments
of Professor Jessica
Litman,
Wayne State University
March
8, 1999 Comments
of International Congress of Independent Internet
Users
March
8, 1999 Comments
of Ellen Rony
March
6, 1999 Comments
of Professor Milton
Mueller,
Syracuse University
February
24, 1999 Comments
of Professor A. Michael
Froomkin,
U of Miami; WIPO Panel of Experts
July 8,
1998 - World Intellectual Property Organization
Domain Name Process - http://wipo2.wipo.int/process/eng/processhome.html
IANA:
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
June
19, 2002 - ccTLD
Redelegation Step-by-Step
Overview:
This is a high-level overview of the steps involved in
redelegation of a country-code top-level domain
(ccTLD).
April
1, 2002 - Amendment
of Solicitation/ Modification of
Contract:
NTIA exercised the option to extend the term of the
contract with ICANN for IANA functions for Option Period
One through 09/30/2002.
February
8, 2002 - IANA
Report on Request for Redelegation of the .JP Top-Level
Domain
(IANA)
June
25, 2001 - IANA
Report on Establishment of the .BIZ and .INFO Top-Level
Domains
March
21, 2001 - IANA Purchase Order #2
in
Word or
PDF
format.
December
1, 2000 - IANA
Report on Request for Redelegation of the .CA Top-Level
Domain
October
1, 2000 - Modification
2 to Contract between ICAN and the U.S. Government for
Performance of the IANA
Function
(PDF)
September
8, 2000 - Modification
1 to Contract Between ICANN and the United States
Government for Performance of the IANA
Function;
NTIA
PDF file
February
9, 2000 - Contract
Between ICANN and the United States Government for
Performance of the IANA
Function;
NTIA: 47mb
PDF file
February
2, 2000 -
ICANN Proposal to the U.S. Government to Perform the IANA
Function
August
24, 1998 - IANA: A Bylaws Proposal for Discussion
- Third Iteration - http://www.iana.org/articles1.html
August
4, 1998 - IANA: Proposed Articles Incorporation-
Second Iteration - http://www.iana.org/bylaws2.html
July
17, 1998 - Draft Bylaws for a NEW IANA -
http://www.iana.org/bylaws.html
June
26, 1998 - IANA: Suggestions for a New
Organizational Structure - http://www.iana.org/discussion.html
June
5, 1998 - IANA: Structure of the new corporation:
Frequently Asked Questions-
http://www.iana.org/faqs.html
October
23, 1997 - CCTLD
News Memo #1
by Jon Postel
March
1994 - RFC 1591: Domain Name Structure and
Delegation - ftp://rs.internic.net/rfc/rfc1591.txt
NSI:
Network Solutions, Inc.
January
15, 2000 - Network Solutions Service
Agreement Version Number 5.0 - http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/service-agreement.html
January
15, 2000 - Fee for Registration of Domain
Names Policy - http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/regfee-policy.html
August
6, 1998 - An IFWP Consensus-Based Proposal, by
Network Solutions, Inc. - http://198.41.3.10/policy/ifwp/
April
1, 1998 - Network Solutions, Inc., Domain Name
Registration Agreement (Version 4.0) - ftp://rs.internic.net/templates/domain-template.txt
February
25, 1998 - NSI Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy Revision 03 - ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-domain-6.txt
February
1996 - The InterNIC Guardian Object
(Draft) - ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-gen-1.txt
January
1996 - The InterNIC Guardian Object
(Draft) - ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-gen-1.txt.old
November
23, 1995 - NSI Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy Revision 01 - ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-domain-4.txt
September
14, 1995: Fee for Registration of Domain Names -
ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-domain-3.txt
July
28, 1995 - NSI Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy Statement - ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-domain-1.txt
July
28, 1995 - NSI Announces Internet Domain Name
Policy - ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-domain-2.txt
NSF:
National Science Foundation
December
1994 - InterNIC Midterm Evaluation and
Recommendations - PDF
copy;
formerly posted at ftp://rs.internic.net/nsf/nren-peer-review.txt
Early
1992 - Project Solicitatiion: Network Service
Information Manager(s) for NSFNET and the NREN
-
ftp://rs.internic.net/nsf/nren-solicitation.txt
Elsewhere
Jan
18, 2001 - USPTO: Abusive
Domain Name Registration Involving Personal
Names
July
18, 2000 - Policy
Changes Resulting from ARIN V
February
9, 2000 - Creation
of the .EU Top Level
Domain
(Commission Working Paper)
September
29, 1999 - U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Examination
Guide No. 2-99, Marks Composed, in Whole or in Part, of
Domain Names
February
1999 - Public Consultation on the Administration
of the Canadian Internet Domain Name .CA -
http://www.canarie.ca/cdncc/main.html
July
7, 1998 - Internet: the Future - Communique de
Presse: Conclusions of the European consultative meeting,
Brussels (European Community Information Society Project
Office - http://www.ispo.cec.be/eif/dns/conclusions.html
June
24, 1998 - Global Incorporation Alliance Workshop
(GIAW) Discussion Draft - Management and Coordination of
Internet Domain Names and Identifiers - http://www.giaw.org/discussion-draft.txt
June
19, 1998 - International Forum on the White
Paper: Internet Stakeholder Associations to Advance White
Paper Process- http://www.ifwp.org/press.html
June
12, 1998 - gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight
Committee Open Letter to the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority - http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/ianaopenletter.htm
June
10, 1998 - Australian Minister for
Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts:
Australia welcomes U.S. statement on Domain Names -
http://www.dca.gov.au/mediarel/98/105.html
April
1998 - Internet Law & Policy Forum Announces
Self-Regulation Initiative - http://www.ilpf.org/selfreg/announce.htm
Spring
1998 - Response
of the Commonwealth of Australia on the U.S. Department
of Commerce Proposal to Improve Technical Management of
Internet Names and Addresses
- http://www.noie.gov.au/dns/ausreply.html
March
16, 1998 - Council of the European Community,
"Internet Governance Reply of the European Community and
its Member States to the U. S. Green Paper -
http://www.ispo.cec.be/eif/policy/govreply.html
October
1, 1995 - ISOC plan to administer DNS namespace,
by Brian Carpenter (Chair IAB), Jon Postel (Director
IANA), Nick Trio (ISOC Advisory Council Officer) and
Larry Landweber (ISOC President) - http://dns.vrx.net/news/by_date/old/1995/Oct/isocplan.html
