LAW OF DOMAIN NAMES JUDR. PAVEL LOUTOCKÝ, PH.D., BA (HONS) WELCOME!!! •What do you expect from this course? WELCOME!!! •YES!! • •And hopefully many more! TIME AND LOCATION WEDNESDAYS– 15:05 – 16:35 ROOM 208 TEACHERS? YES – IT‘S ME.. AND MICHAL KOŠČÍK CONSULTATIONS LOUTOCKY@GMAIL.COM LOUTOCKY@CTT.MUNI.CZ ON REQUEST – MICHALKOSCIK@GMAIL.COM KOSCIK@LAW.MUNI.CZ 76882@MAIL.MUNI.CZ SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF: „SOFT SKILLS“ •Intellectual property law •Competition law •Consumer protection •EU Law •Rules of „soft law“ •Arbitration procedures •Terms and conditions governing the use and transfers of domain names •Legal English •Legal Writing: •Submission to arbitration •Decision making and writing •Contracting techniques (optional) SCHEDULE 1.28th February - Introductory lecture - scope of the course - PL (lecture) 2.6th March - Domain name as a service or property, transfers of domain names - MK (seminar) 3.13th March - Introduction to alternative dispute resolution and ODR, Domain names within the .cz domain and .eu domain - PL (lecture) 4.20th March - Contract drafting skills, preparation for moot court - MK (seminar)​ 5.27th March - UDRP Case-Law - PL (lecture) 6.3rd April - Procedural elements of alternative dispute resolution, beginning of the moot court (seminar) 1st round of moot court - MK (seminar)​ 7.10th April - Introduction to internet governance and creation of TLD - PL (lecture) 8.17th April - New forms of alternative resolution, wider reagulatory framework of on-line marketing, 2nd round of moot court - MK (seminar)​ 9.24th April - Elements of unfair competition and personal rights - PL (lecture) 10.15th May - Final seminar - awarding colloquia, moot court feedback - PL, MK (seminar) COLLOQUIA CRITERIA Attendance! Sumission/decision in the simulated arbitration •Teams of cca. 2 people •Cca 4 pages •Oral presentation 20 minutes • • MOOT COURT SYSTEM 3 cases Each case shall have two teams •Complainant •Respondent LANGUAGE This course is opened for foreign students Language – English - how surprising ;) • OBJECTIVE •Detailed knowledge of related issues of IP, Dispute resolution system, Competition law, Civil law •Practical skills in transferring of web domains and buying/selling “web sites” •Experience in enforcing rights via alternative dispute resolution CENTRAL MOTIVE - CYBERSQUATTING Use of the domain name in bad faith The intent to: •Prevent your competitors to use the domain name •Confuse consumers •“Blackmail” the trademark owners •Gain money WHAT IS DOMAIN NAME? WHAT IS DOMAIN NAME? … MOST EXPANSIVE DOMAIN NAMES … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_domain_names STUDY MATERIALS Interactive syllabi: •https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1422/jaro2018/MVV1568K/index.qwarp •Information System of the Masaryk university Guide to WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution •http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/amc/en/docs/guide-en-web.pdf DETAILED SYLLABI OF LECTURES AND SEMINARS 1. INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET GOVERNANCE AND CREATION OF TLD http://www.h3dwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Anonymous_mask.jpg http://www.fcpablog.com/storage/united-nations-logo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1372682757476 http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/Arpanet/Arpanet.geographic_map_September_1 973.102618830.lg.jpg Where to request a domain name? Who to sue? What is ICANN? Who is ultimately responsible for internet network. Who is ultimately responsible for infringing content? 2. LEGAL NATURE OF A DOMAIN NAME, CESSATION AND DOMAIN NAME BUSINESS What actually is a domain name •Can you buy it/can you sell it? •Can you inherit it? •Is it a service, such as yellow pages? •Is it a service like cable TV/Internet connection? Výsledek obrázku pro yellow pages 3. INTRODUCTION TO ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ODR Theoretical introduction to Alternative dispute resolution •the resolution that does not involve court ADR is movin online… •Introduction to ODR •Introduction to ODR platforms 4. CONTRACT DRAFTING SKILLS Client wants you to buy a domain •In this seminar your task is to write a contract on the transfer of a domain name 5. PROCEDURAL ELEMENTS OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, UDRP CASE LAW •You will learn procedural elements and will be familiarized with the domane name dispute resolution system •You will learn how to write a response in your (your clients) defense 6. (MINI) MOOT COURT Výřez obrazovky Your task is to: •file a complaint against an alledged cybersquatter • •OR, protect freedom of speech against the evil corporation 7. INTERNET GOVERNANCE What is ICANN? How is it structured? What happened throughout the history with the development of internet governance? 8. WIDER REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF ON-LINE MARKETING, TRADEMARKS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS Broader context on the internet marketing SPAM, ISP liability Sector specific Framework •Medicines •Alcohol •Gambling etc. 9. UNFAIR COMPETITION, TRADEMARKS AND PERSONAL RIGHTS If ADR is not enough Unfair competition •Conduct against business ethics Trademarks •Industrial property of a holder Personal rights •Political campaigns, Pornsites • • WHAT IS DOMAIN NAME? IP ADRESS AND A DOMAIN NAME IP ADRESS DOMAIN NAME Is a code which is used to identify a server in the network. format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IPV4-IPV6) Numbers from 0 to 255 (IPV 4) Letters and numbers (IPV 6) String of characters Saved in DNS Format ……xxx.xxx.xx. One string (label) has at most 63 characters A domain name has at most 256 characters IP ADDRESS PRIVATE PUBLIC Begins with 10. (i.e. 10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255) Begins with 172.16. through 172.31. Begins with 192.168. Not coordinated internationally Coordinated BY IANA (part of ICANN) DOMAIN VS DOMAIN NAME? What do you think? DOMAIN VS DOMAIN NAME? Domain name: •muni.cz Domain: •.cz = domain •muni = subdomain HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS? •The user enters a domain name into the browser •The browser sends an inquiry to the “name server” •Name server searches the “domain sentence” in the DNS database and “translates” the domain name into the IP adress •The browser connects to the server • •=> DNS (domain name system) STRUCTURE OF A DOMAIN NAME Root domain . (always the highest position – depends on the situation) Top level domain (TLD) •Generic- .com .gov .org .biz .edu •National- .cz .uk .de .sk .ru Subdomain •muni.cz seznam.cz google.com Subdomains of lower levels •law.muni.cz pocasi.seznam.cz mail.google.com • WIKIPEDIA.ORG FUNCTIONS OF A DOMAIN NAME Technical ?Identification? •Not necessarily – e.g.goodwill.com Search Promotion Competitive DOMAIN NAME RELATIONSHIP DOMAIN NAME RELATIONSHIP HOW ARE THE DOMAIN NAMES ASSIGNED? Assignation is based on registration The database of domain names is maintained by Administrators •Each top level domain has its administrator ICANN, EURid, CZ.NIC •The main task of administrator is to run DNS The registration of domain names to individual users is performed by REGISTRARS •Registrars are entrepreneurs and compete REGITRARS gTLDs •https://www.icann.org/registrar-reports/accredited-list.html ccTLDs •e.g.: .cz - https://www.nic.cz/whois/registrars/list/1/ MAIN PRINCIPLES OF REGISTRATION Singularity principle (uniqueness) •The domain name can be registered only for one user •One user can have more domain names Priority principle •First come first served • • •Frequently cross-border aspects! Obrázek1.jpg QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW SEMESTER!