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The collision of trademarks, domain names, and due process in cyberspace
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Volume 44 ,  Issue 2  (February 2001) table of contents
Pages: 91 - 97  
Year of Publication: 2001
ISSN:0001-0782
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A. Michael Froomkin  Univ. of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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REFERENCES

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Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 106-43 3(a)(2), 5, 113 Stat. 218, 220 (1999).
 
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British Telecommunications plc and another v One In a Million Ltd and others and other actions {1998} 4 All ER 476, {1999} 1 WLR 903, {1999} RPC 1; see www.bna.com/e-law/cases/ukspencer.html.
 
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Froomkin, A. Semi-private international rulemaking: Lessons learned from the WIPO domain name process. In Regulating the Global Information Society, C. Marsden, Ed. Routledge, London and New York, 2000; see www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/tprc99.pdf.
 
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Froomkin, A. Wrong turn in cyberspace: Using ICANN to route around the APA and the Constitution. Duke Law J. 50, 1 (2000), 17-186.
 
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ICANN. Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy; see www.icann.org/udrp/ udrp-policy-24oct99.htm (Oct. 24, 1999)
 
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ICANN. Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy; see www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm (Oct. 24, 1999).
 
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Intermatic, Inc., v Toeppen, 947 F. Supp. 1227, 1237-40 (N.D. Ill. 1996)
 
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Mueller, M. Rough justice: An analysis of ICANN's uniform dispute resolution policy. Info. Soc. (2001); see dcc.syr.edu/roughjustice.htm
 
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Postel, J. RFC 1591, Domain Name System Structure and Delegation, Internet Engineering Task Force; see www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt (Mar. 1994).
 
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Postel, J. and Reynolds, J. RFC 920, Domain Requirements 1, Internet Engineering Task Force; see www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0920.txt (Oct. 1984)
 
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U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Management of Internet names and addresses. Fed. Reg. 65 (June 10, 1998), 31,741-31,751; see www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/ domainname/6_5_98dns.htm.
 
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World Intellectual Property Association. The Management of Internet Names and Addresses: Intellectual Property Issues, Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process, 1999; see wipo2.wipo.int/process1/ report/finalreport.html.


REVIEW

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