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Legal Concerns

General

• Jorge L. Contreras/Hale and Dorr: Article: "Legal Issues Relating to Internet Domain Names."
• Domain Name Rights Coalition: The DNRC works for equitable, consistent and responsible domain name policies.
• Georgetown: Sample boilerplate Web site disclaimer.
• Georgetown: Not Quite Domain Names.
• Law Journal Extra: Jurisdiction on the Internet.
• McCutchen Intellectual Property and Technology Law Group: Trademarking Domain Names: Some FAQs.
• NSI Name Policies
• Carl Oppedahl: Avoiding the Traps in the New Rules For Registering a Domain Name.
• Mark F. Radcliffe: The Law of Cyberspace For Non-Lawyers.
• Statutes: Lanham Act and Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995.

Disputes

• American Assn of Domain Names: A Chronology of Domain Name Disputes, with links to over 350 online references and articles.
• Georgetown: Domain Name Disputes. Alphabetical case list.
• Geoffrey Gussis: Web project: Global Top Level Domain Dispute Resolution Policies.
• KNPR Radio Network: Domain Names Disputes.
• Lawoffices.net: Articles on domain name disputes, and other very useful links of interest.
• 'Lectric Law Library: Online legal issues and disputes. Trademarks and Net domain names; legislation related issues
• Ralph C. Losey: Trademarks and Internet Domain Names
• David Pauker et al: "Domain name conflicts."
• Trademark Law in Cyberspace: Adopting, Defending, and Challenging an Internet Domain Name.
• Daniel E. Tysver, Esq.: Domain Name Disputes (BitLaw).
• Daniel A. Tysver, Esq.: Internet Law and Software Law (BitLaw).