2.
Industry Update
WIPO
Meeting
The
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is planning
to carry out regional consultations on the possibilities
of expanding intellectual property rules on domain names.
WIPO will hold the first meeting in Brussels, Belgium on
April 23, 2001, followed by further meetings in Ghana, Argentina,
Australia, Spain and the USA.
US
government funds domain name study
The
US government is funding a study to examine the impact of
new technologies and policies on the DNS (domain name system)
as part of a long-term effort to ensure that searching on
the Internet remains feasible and that the actual service
improves. Research will look at many concerns regarding
the technical infrastructure of the Internet, particularly
its scalability as the number of sites and users grows.
The study will also look at emerging technologies that effect
Internet searching as well as objectively looking at the
number of TLDs that can be added without adversely affecting
the technical operations of the Internet.
TLD
association formed
The
world's first industry association for the holders of Top
Level Domains (TLDs) has been formed in the United States,
creating a single voice for the concerns of the growing,
multimillion dollar TLD industry. The aim of the not-for-profit
organisation is to represent member TLD holders as a whole
to business, industry, government and the media and to promote
e-commerce through the growth of the worldwide TLD industry
and its related business. For further information, please
visit www.tlda.org.
Commerce
department re-delegates .edu domain
The
Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that it
will hand over the .edu restricted TLD to Educause, without
resorting to public consultation. Educause is likely to
open up the .edu TLD to US community colleges and other
groups that have currently found it difficult to obtain
.edu registrations.
3.
Fact
of the Week
Research
out this week from analyst IDC has given people working
in e-commerce something to smile about before the Easter
break, with its proclamation that the outlook for e-commerce
is 'rosy'. IDC predicts that spending on internet-related
projects will pick up from the middle of the year as companies
restart projects that had been put on ice last year.
4.
Tip of the Week
When
assigning a web site to your domain name, make sure you
use the invaluable 'keywords' Meta Tag. This helps search
engines and directories to successfully search for your
web site.
For
example, the 'keywords' Meta Tag for the www.netnames.com
web site is as follows:
NetNames,
netnames, domain name registration services, total domain
management, international, internet, domain, registry,
intellectual property, corporate branding, marketing,
e-commerce,
e-business, online business, branding, registration, top
level domains, generic, netnames, search, co.uk, orgk, net.uk,
com, net, org, website, trademarks, .com, .net, .org, fast,
affordable, InterNIC, servers, domainnames, webnames, www,
protection, registry, registration, design.net, alldomains,
netnamesUSA, trademark, Domain, trademark infringement,
domain, security, corporate identity
