Domain Registration

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Domain Names
Domain names are hostnames that identify Protocol id if Internet I P l (IP) resources such as web sites. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name S t System (DNS) (DNS). The domain name space consists of a tree of f domain d i names. They Th are organized in subordinate levels of the DNS root domain, domain which is nameless

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Domain_name_space.svg

The first-level set of domain names are the top-level domains (TLDs), including the generic top-level domains (gTLDs), such as the prominent domains com, com net and org, org and the country code top-level domains (ccTLDs). Below these top top-level level domains in the DNS hierarchy are the second-level and third-level domain names that are typically open for reservation by end-users end users who wish create other publicly accessible Internet resources or run web sites. The registration of these domain names is administered by domain name registrars who sell their services to the public.

Domain names are managed under a hi h h d d by b th I t t hierarchy headed the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States that was created on September States, 18, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related Internet related tasks previously performed directly on behalf of the U.S. government by other organizations, notably the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

ICANN is i responsible ibl for f managing i th the Internet Protocol address spaces and assignment of address blocks to regional Internet registries, for maintaining registries of Internet protocol identifiers, and for the management of p domain name space. p the top-level

Domain Name Syntax
A domain name consists of parts, technically called labels, that are conventionally concatenated, and delimited by dots, such as example.com The right-most label conveys the toplevel domain; for example, the domain name www.example.com l b l belongs t the to th top-level domain com. The h hierarchy hi h of f domains d i descends d d from f right to left; each label to the left specifies a subdivision, subdivision or subdomain of the domain to the right.

Each label may contain maximum of 63 characters. h The full domain name may not exceed a total length of 253 characters Minimum number of characters is two LDH rule for naming Case independent

Domain Extensions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_In ternet_top-level_domains l l d i

WHOIS
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Internet service that finds information about b a domain d i name or IP address. dd The information typically contains the name, address, and phone number of the administrative, billing, and t h i l contacts technical t t of f the th domain d i name. WHOIS can also be used to simply check if a certain i domain d i name is i available il bl or if it has already been registered.

ABT Contacts
ABT is required to register the domain name. ABT refers to Administrative, Billing and Technical Contacts pertaining to the domain.

Name Servers
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Name Servers are part of DNS They map user friendly names to its IP Addresses

Domain Management and Legal Issues

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The right to use a domain name is delegated by domain name registrars which are accredited by ICANN Registrars g usually y charge g an annual fee for the service of delegating a domain name to a user and providing a default set of name servers. The transaction related to domain names is termed a sale or lease of the domain name, and the registrant may sometimes be called an "owner", but no such legal relationship is actually associated with the transaction, only the exclusive right to use the domain name. More correctly, authorized users are known as "registrants" registrants or as "domain domain holders holders". ICANN publishes the complete list of TLD registries and domain name registrars. Registrant information associated i t d with ith domain d i names is i maintained i t i d in i an online database accessible with the WHOIS service.

Legal Issues
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Though domain names are just user-friendly addresses in a commercial marketplace, addresses, marketplace they came to be seen as marketing tools and brand names. Thus, domain names became a tradable commodity, a market resource object being contended by interested parties. Hence many legal issues have arisen.

Further Reading : http://lawyer.20m.com/English/articles/domainname.htm

Legal Issues…
Trademarks and IPR Domain Acquisition Backorders Resale and bidding

As of 2011, the most expensive domain name sales on record
Insure.com $16 million in 2009 Sex.com for $14 million in October 2010 Fund.com 2008 £9.99 million Porn.com 2007 $9.5 million Fb.com by Facebook for $8.5 million in November 2010 Business.com for $7.5 million in December 1999 Diamond.com 2006 $7.5 million Beer.com 2004 $7 million Israel.com 2008 $5.88 million Casino.com 2003 $5.5 million Toys.com: Toys 'R' Us by auction for $5.1 million in 2009 iCloud.com by Apple for $4.5 million in April 2011 giftcard.com by CardLab for $4 million in October 2012 AltaVista.com for $3.3 million in August 1998 Candy.com for $3.0 million in June 2009 Gambling.com for $2.5 million in 2005

Legal Issues…
Name Changing – misspelled variations Name Stealing – change of ownership Cybersquatting – registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad profit the g goodwill of a faith intent to p trademark belonging to someone else.

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