Columbus School of Law

The Catholic University of America

Spring Term 2000

CYBERLAW SYLLABUS PART III: WEEKS SIX AND SEVEN

Professor Susanna Fischer

Office Room 412

Office Telephone 202-319 5568

E-mail: fischer@law.edu

• Back to Syllabus Part I (Weeks One-Three

• Back to Syllabus Part II (Weeks Four-Five)

• Link to Syllabus Part IV (Weeks Eight-Ten)

• Link to Syllabus Part V (Weeks Eleven-Twelve)

• Link to Syllabus Part VI (Weeks Thirteen-Fifteen)

WEEK SIX (February 14, 2000-February 18, 2000)

February 14:  Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: [Class Maven: Efi Pilitsis]

Required Reading:

• Zippo Mfg. v. Zippo Dot Com, 925 F. Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997) http://www.bna.com/e-law/cases/zippo.html

• Weber v. Jolly Hotels, 977 F. Supp. 327 (D.N.J. 1997) http://home.dti.net/bdpc/jolly.htm

• Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King, 126 F.3d (2d Cir. 1997) http://www.bna.com/e-law/cases/bensus2.html

• Eric H. Findley, "Litigation on the Net: Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace", 62 Tex. B.J. 334 (1999) [please download from Westlaw - www.westlaw.com or Lexis: www.lexis.com]

Recommended Reading:

A. Scholarly Commentary

• Todd D. Leitstein, Comment: A Solution for Personal Jurisdiction on the Internet, 59 La. La. Rev. 565 (1999) [please download from Westlaw at www.westlaw.com]

• David Post, "Personal Jurisdiction on the Internet: An Outline for the Perplexed"  (updated June, 1998): has useful summary of many of the leading cases up to June, 1998  http://www.cli.org/jurisdictionoutline.htm also at http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/dpost/outline.htm

• Martin H. Redish, "Of New Wine and Old Bottles: Personal Jurisdiction, the Internet, and the Nature of Constitutional Evolution", 38 Jurimetrics J. 575 (1998) [please download from Westlaw http://www.westlaw.com]

• Howard Stravitz, "Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: Something More is Required on the Electronic Stream of Commerce", 49 S.C.L. Rev. 925 (1998) [please download from Westlaw http://www.westlaw.com]

• Mark S. Kende, "Lost in Cyberspace: the Judiciary's Distracted Application of Free Speech and Personal Jurisdiction Doctrine to the Internet", 77 Or. L. Rev. 1125 (1998) [please download from Westlaw: http://www.westlaw.com]

• Dan L. Burk, "Jurisdiction in a World Without Borders", 1 Va. J. L. & Tech. 3 (1997) http://scs.student.virginia.edu/~vjolt/graphics/vol1/home_art3.html

B. Some Collections of Materials on Jurisdiction

• Perkins Coie list of cases relating to Internet jurisdiction (updated 1/7/00) can be found by following this link http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/ecomm/netcase/ and then clicking on "jurisdiction"

• Useful table on cyberjurisdiction cases prepared by Aftab & Savitt PC (a firm specializing in children's Internet issues) http://www.aftab.com/cyberjurisdiction.html

• John Marshall Law School's index of articles, cases and other materials relating to Internet jurisdiction: http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/index/juris.html (not that recently updated but still helpful)

• A Canadian site, the Cyberlaw Encyclopedia, lists articles, cases, and other materials on jurisdiction in cyberspace.  Many of these relate to U.S. law.  You can access by clicking on: http://www.gahtan.com/cyberlaw/Jurisdiction/

• Jay Kesan, "Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace", module in online casebook Learning Cyberlaw in Cyberspace (1999) http://www.cyberspacelaw.org/kesan/

C. Practitioner/Student Articles on Jurisdiction

• Drescher & Associates, P.A., "Business: Internet Jurisdiction" http://www.drescherlaw.com/bullet01.htm

• Joan C. Henry, "Establishing Personal Jurisdiction for Internet Transactions" (1997), http://www.law.stetson.edu/courses/computerlaw/papers/jhenryf97.htm

• Steve Jensen, "Jurisdiction of the Internet: The Courts and Alternative Solutions" http://www.suffolk.edu/law/hightech/classes/cyberlaw/sjensen/paper.htm

D. A few particularly interesting cases on jurisdiction

• Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc., 130 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 1997) http://www.bna.com/e-law/cases/cybersell.html or http://www.ljx.com/LJXfiles/jurisdiction/cybersale.html

• Haelen Prods. Inc. v. Beso Biological Research, Inc., 43 U.S.P.Q.2d 1672 (E.D. La. 1997) [please download from Westlaw www.westlaw.com or LEXIS www.lexis.com]

• Millennium Enterprises, Inc. v. Millennium Music L.P., 33 F. Supp. 2d 907 (D. Oregon 1999) http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/ecomm/netcase/mi

• Soma v. Medical Int'l v. Standard Chartered Bank, 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 31227 (10th Cir. Dec. 1, 1999) http://www.kscourts.org/ca10/cases/1999/12/98-4138.htm

February 16: More on Jurisdiction: Foreign Defendants and Foreign Courts

Required Reading:  

1.  Jurisdiction over Foreign Defendants in U.S. Courts

• Desktop Technologies, Inc. v. Colorworks, 1999 WL 98572 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 25, 1999) http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/opinions/99D0154P.HTM

2. Laurence Godfrey: Persistent International Cyberlibel Plaintiff

• CIT News: "Cornell sued by British professor for newsgroup postings" (6/15/98) http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/news/briefs98.html#godfrey

• CIT News: "British Professor Drops Libel Suit Against Cornell" (11/11/98) http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/news/briefs98.html#godfrey2

• Judgment of Mr. Justice Morland (English High Court of Justice), Godfrey v. Demon Internet Ltd., Case No. 1998 G No. 30 (26 March 1999) http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/godfrey2.htm

• James Glave, "Sweeping UK Net Libel Decision", Wired News, March 26, 1999 http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/18764.html

• Polly Sprenger, "Demon Lets Libel Ruling Stand" Wired News, June 9, 1999 http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20107.html

3.  German Prosecution of Felix Somm (Managing Director of CompuServe Germany)

• http://www.cyber-rights.org/isps/somm-dec.htm [skim court decision]

Recommended Reading:

1. Articles

• Alexander Gigante, Ice Patch on the Information Superhighway: Foreign Liability for Domestically Created Content, 14 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment L.J. 523 (1996) [please download from Westlaw - www.westlaw.com

• Mark Stephens, Marietta Cauchi, Amber Melville-Brown, Godfrey and the Demon, Communications Lawyer Fall 1999 3 [please download from Westlaw]

• Dale M. Cendali, Personal Jurisdiction and the Internet, 564 PLI/Pat 79 (1999) [please download from Westlaw]

• Mark Owen, International Ramifications of Doing Business online: Europe, 564 PLI/Pat 263 (1999) [please download from Westlaw]

• Geoffrey S. Stewart, Transnational Regulation of Internet Content", haledorr.law/insites July/August 1997 is at http://www.haledorr.com/publications/internet/1997_07_Internet.html

• Tara Blake Garfinkel, Jurisdiction Over Communication Torts: Can You Be Pulled Into Another Country's Court System for Making a Defamatory Statement Over the Internet: A Comparison of English and U.S. Law?, 9 Transnational Lawyer 489 (Fall 1996) [please download from Westlaw]

• James B. McNamara, Legal Issues on the Internet: An Analysis and Comparison of Law and Policy Relating to the Use and Regulation of the Internet in Great Britain and Australia, 17 Dick. J. Int'l Law 159 (1998) [please download from Westlaw]

• Eric J. McCarthy, Networking in Cyberspace: Electronic Defamation and the Potential for International Forumshopping, 16 U. Pa. J. Int'l Bus. L. 527 (1995) [please download from Westlaw]

2.   More Information on Laurence Godfrey cases

• Yaman Akdeniz, "Case Analysis of Laurence Godfrey v. Demon Internet Limited" (1999) http://www.cyber-rights.org/reports/demon.htm

• IP: ISPs and Libel Liability  http://www.interesting-people.org/199903/0006.html

• Jill Priluck, "Free Speech: But Whose?", Wired News, July 6, 1998 (cached) http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/13467.html

• Legal Watch, Now Online-Imported Lawsuits (1998) http://www.universitybusiness.com/9807/legal.html

• Alarming UK Precedent http://www.pendle.net/News/Inet19990328-1.htm#LegalNonsense

• Demon Internet, "The Laurence Godfrey case and related matters", July 5, 1999  http://www.helpdesk.demon.net/announce/da1999-07-05a.html

3.  Mecklermedia Case

• Mecklermedia Corp. v. DC Congress GmbH, 1998 Ch 40 [1998] - please download from LEXIS www.lexis.com  

4.   Nottinghamshire County Council attempts to restrain Web publication of the JET Report

• Text of English High Court Injunction vs. British journalists (3 June 1997) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dlheb/legal1.htm

• Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) have much information and many useful links.  Follow this link: http://www.cyber-rights.org

• Correspondence between Prof. Peter Junger and Nottinghamshire County SOlicitor C.P. McKay (June 1997): http://www.xs4all.nl/~yaman/jetusa.htm

February 18: Internet Gambling 

Required Reading: 

• Jack Goldsmith, "What Internet Gambling Legislation Teaches About Internet Regulation", 32 Int'l Law. 1115 (1998) -- [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

• Joel Michael Schwartz, "The Internet Gambling Fallacy Craps Out", 14 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1021 (1999) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

Recommended Reading: 

Articles

• Peter Brown, "Regulation of Cybercasinos and Internet Gambling" 547 PLI/Pat 9 (1999) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

• Stevie A. Kish, "Note: Betting on the Net: An Analysis of the Government's Role in Addressing Internet Gambling", 51 Fed. Comm. L.J. 449 (1999) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

• Carl S. Kaplan, "Judge in Gambling Case Takes On Sticky Issue of Jurisdiction" New York Times Cybertimes, Aug. 13, 1999 http://www.nytimes/com/library/tech/99/08/cyber/cyberlaw/13law.html

• Tim Ito and Sharisa Staples, "Overview: The Odds on Prohibiting Web Bets", Washington Post.com special report, updated June 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/intgambling/overview.htm

• Matt Richtel, "Who Pays Up if Online Gambling is Illegal?", NY Times CyberLaw Journal, Aug. 21, 1998 http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/08/cyber/cyberlaw/21law.html

• Harley J. Goldstein, "Online Gambling: Down to the Wire?", 8 Marq. Sports L.J. 1 (1997) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

• Nicholas Robbins, "Baby Needs a New Pair of Cybershoes: The Legality of Casino Gambling on the Internet", 2 B.U. J. Sci. & Tech. L. 7 (1996) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

• Seth Gorman & Antony Loo, "Blackjack or Bust: Can U.S. Law Stop Internet Gambling?", 16 Loy. L.A. Ent. L.J. 667 (1996) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

• Scott M. Montpas, "Gambling Online: For a Hundred Dollars I Bet You Government Regulation Will Not Stop the Newest Form of Gambling", Univ. of Dayton L. Rev. 22 (1996) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

Cases

• People v. World Interactive Gaming Corp., 1999 WL 591995 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. July 22, 1999) http://www.oag.state.ny.us/internet/litigation/wigc.html

• State ex re. Humphrey v. Granite Gate Resorts, Inc., 568 N.W.2d 715 (Minn. Ct. Appl. 1997) http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/cases/gg2.html, aff'd by an equally divided court, 576 N.W.2d 747 (Minn. 1998)

• Thompson v. Handa-Lopez, Inc., 998 F. Supp. 738 (W.D. Tex. 1998) http://www.loundy.com/CASES/Thompson_v_Handa-Lopez.html

• State of Missouri ex rel. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon v. Interactive Gaming & Communications Corp., Case No. CV97-7808 (Circuit Court of Jackson Cty): Order Granting Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment is at http://www.bna.com/e-law/cases/intergame.html

• L.E. Services, Inc. v. State Lottery Commission, 645 N.E.2d 334 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995) http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/incourts/indctapp95/95iac33.html

• State of Missouri ex rel. Nixon, 164 F.3d 1102 (8th Cir. 1999),  http://lw.bna.com/lw19990119/981520.htm cert. denied, 119 S.Ct. 2400 (June, 1999)

Federal Statutes Regulating Gambling

• Federal Interstate Wire Act, 18 U.S.C. s. 1084

• Interstate and Foreign Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises Act 18 U.S.C. s. 1952

• Interstate Transportation of Wagering Paraphernalia Act 18 U.S.C. s. 1953

• Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act 28 U.S.C. s. 3702

• Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 25 U.S.C. s. 2701 http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/25/2701.html

Proposed Federal Legislation

• S. 692 [please access from Thomas site at www.thomas.gov]

• HR 3125 [please access from Thomas site at www.thomas.gov]

• Summary of these bills is at http://www.techlawjournal.com/cong106/gambling/Default.htm

Links to Internet Gambling Sites

• The Casino Net [click on online casinos] http://www.thecasinonet.com/

State Law Materials

• Statement of Minnesota Attorney General on Internet Jurisdiction http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/docs/minn-ag.html

• Texas Attorney General's Opinion No. DM-344 (1995) http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/docs/texas-ag.html

• Kansas Attorney General's Opinion 96-31 (March 25, 1996) http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/sem97/kansas-ag.htm

• Florida Attorney General's Opinion 95-70 (Oct. 18, 1995) http://legal1.firn.edu/ago.nsf/aaee37715760bbce852563cc001bacf7/5bfc8db232c406828525626900683218?OpenDocument

WEEK SEVEN (February 21, 2000-February 25, 2000)

February 21: Trade Secrets on the Internet: The Scientology Cases [Class Maven Presentation: Jessica Danou]

Required Reading:

• Religious Technology Center v. F.A.C.T.NET, Inc., 901 F. Supp. 1519 (D. Colo., 1995) http://www.loundy.com/CASES/RTC_v_FACTnet.html

• Religious Technology Center v. Lerma, 908 F. Supp. 1362 (E.D.Va. 1995) [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

• Religious Technology Center v. Netcom, 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Cal. 1995) http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/cases/netcom.txt

• Economic Espionage Act of 1996 http://www.execpc.com/~mhallign/federal.html

Recommended Reading: 

A.  General Information on Trade Secrets Law

• Uniform Trade Secrets Act http://nsi.org/Library/Espionage/usta.htm

• R. Mark Halligan, "The Trade Secrets Home Page" http://www.execpc.com/~mhallign/ (note in particular information about prosecutions under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996)

B. More Material on Scientology Cases

• Natalie Hanlon-Leh, "Lessons from Cyberspace & Outerspace: The Scientology Cases", Brief (Summer 1998) [available on Westlaw (cite as 27-SUM BRIEF 48]: www.westlaw.com]

• Church of Scientology Freedom Magazine: http://www.freedommag.org - see in particular article at: http://www.freedommag.org/english/vol28I1/risk2.htm
• EFF Legal Cases, Church of Scientology Archive http://www.eff.org/pub/Legal/Cases/Scientology_cases/
• Mark Halligan, Recent Intellectual  Property Law Developments on the Internet (summarizes case law on Scientology trade secrets) http://www.execpc.com/~mhallign/internet.html
• Ron Newman, "The Church of Scientology v. The Net" (last updated 1998) http://www.thecia.net/users/rnewman/scientology/home.html
• Sloth's Suppressive Person's Page : lots of useful links, both pro and con Scientology http://www.sky.net/~sloth/sci/sci_index.html
• Church of Scientology website http://www.scientology.org
• alt.religion.scientology  http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/Welcome_to_alt.religion.scientology.html
• Frank Copeland, "FAQ: Disappearing Articles in alt.religion.scientology (1997) http://thingy.apana.org.au/~fjc/scn/disappear-faq.html

C. General Articles on Trade Secrets and the Internet

• J. Anthony Downs, "Protecting Trade Secrets in the Age of the Internet", ALI-ABA Course (April 22, 1999) [available on Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]
• Ryan Lambrecht, "Trade Secrets and the Internet: What Remedies Exist for Disclosure in the Information Age?", 18 Review of Litigation (Spring 1999) [available on Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]
• Computer Law Tip of the Week: Trade Secrets and the Internet (3/3/98) http://www.mgrossmanlaw.com/articles/1998/trade_secrets_and_the_internet.htm

February 23:  Trade Secrets on the Internet, the First Amendment, and Prior Restraints: The Ford v. Blue Oval dispute and the DVDCCA dispute over misappropriation of trade secrets by posting/linking to the DeCSS program on the Internet

Required Reading:

• Ford Motor Co. v. Lane, Case. No. 99-74205 (E.D. Mi. 1999 Sept. 7, 1999) (Order of Hon. Nancy G. Edmunds granting in part plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction) www.blueovalnews.com [click on "This Site's Legal Fight With Ford Motor Co" and then "Edmunds Opinion"]
• DVD Copy Control Ass'n, Inc. v. McLaughlin et al., Case. No. CV786804 (Cal. Sup. Ct. Cty of Santa Clara Jan. 21, 2000) (Order of Judge Elfving Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction) http://www.eff.org/ip/Video/DVDCCA_case/20000120-pi-order.html
• Mark A. Lemley & Eugene Volokh, "Free Speech and Injunctions in Intellectual Property Cases", 48 Duke L.J. 147 (1998) [you are only required to read pp. 229-232] [please download from Westlaw: www.westlaw.com]

Recommended Reading:

A.  Case Law on the Prior Restraint Doctrine

• Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931) http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/near.html
• New York Times Co. v. United States ("The Pentagon Papers Case"), 403 U.S. 713 (1971) http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/nytvus.html
• Proctor & Gamble Co. v. Bankers Trust Co., 78 F.3d 219 (6th Cir. 1996) http://www.law.emory.edu/6circuit/mar96/96a0076p.06.html
• RTC v. Lerma, 897 F. Supp. 260 (E.D. Va. 1995) [please download from Westlaw www.westlaw.com]

B.  More Information on Blue Oval Case

• Various documents are available on the BlueOval site at www.blueovalnews.com, including a chronology, Blue Oval's brief filed in opposition to Ford's motion for a preliminary injunction, a full transcript of the preliminary injunction hearing, and various news articles

C.  More Information on DVDCCA Case and other related DVD Litigation

• EFF Archive on the Case http://www.eff.org/ip/Video/DVDCCA_case/ 
• Chris DiBona's site on the dispute http://www.dibona.comsocial/dvd/index.html [note in particular his rather amusing "Thoughts on the TRO Hearing", text of the complaint, links to other helpful resources]
• See also Opinion in another lawsuit brought by 8 major motion picture studios to enjoin defendants from : Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes, no. 00 civ. 0277 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 2, 2000) (Opinion granting plaintiffs's motion for preliminary injunction in another lawsuit brought by 8 major motion pictures studios under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to enjoin defendants from providing DeCSS program on their Web sites) http://cryptome.org/dvd-mpaa-3-mo.htm
• Prof. Jessica Litman has helpful summaries of these DeCSS disputes, as well as useful  links, on her recent developments site: http://www.law.wayne.edu/litman/newdev.html#dvd
• Slashdog.org 1/24/00 article on indictment of Jon Lech Johanson, Norwegian teenager who wrote DeCSS, by Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/24/2024233.shtml

February 25: Internet domain names and the problem of Cybersquatting [Class Maven Presentation: Matthew Storms Emerich] 

Required Reading:

• Adam Cohen, "When Your Name Isn't Yours", Time.com, Nov. 8, 1999 http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,33476,00.html
• Diane Cabell, "Name Disputes" (Module in online casebook at cyberspacelaw.org) (updated Dec. 15, 1999) http://www.mama-tech.com/names.html
• Evan Hansen, "House, courts make decisions on cybersquatting" Oct. 26, 1999 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-202-1402912.html
• Jennifer Mack, "Anticybersquatting Law Faces First Test", Dec. 15, 1999 http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2409825,00.html
• Joanna Glasner, "New Domain May Unite Europe", Wired News, Dec. 20, 1999 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33156,00.html
• Chris Oakes, "Strike One Against Cybersquatting", Wired News, Jan. 5, 2000 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33435,00.html
• InterNIC FAQ at http://rs.internic.net/faq.html

Recommended Reading: 

A.   Articles

• BBC News, "The 7.5m net address", Dec. 2, 1999 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_547000/547105.stm
• John Schwartz, "'Cybersquatting' bill passed by House", Washington Post, Oct. 27, 1999 http://elections98.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/feed/a47628-1999oct27.htm

• "Cybersquatting bill would harm legitimate
  communication and Small Businesses", June 28, 1999 [article is a little out of date now that federal cybersquatting statute has been passed] http://www.domain-name.org/Cybersquatting.html

• Maria Seminerio, "Senate Passes 'Cybersquatting' Bill", ZdNet News, Aug. 6, 1999 http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2310370,00.html

B. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

• ICANN's Web site is at http://www.icann.org See in particular ICANN's "Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy", (Adopted 8/26/99) http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm, FAQ at http://www.icann.org/general/faq1.htm, and information about the upcoming ICANN Meetings in Cairo, March 7-10, 2000 is at http://www.icann.org/cairo2000/cairo-details.htm
• Preliminary Report of ICANN Board Cairo Meeting, March 10, 2000 http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-10mar00.htm and archive at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/cairo/archive/
• IANA Report re: request for delegation of .ps ccTLD (March 22,00) http://www.icann.org/general/ps-report-22mar00.htm

C.  Domain Name Dispute Resolution Providers Approved by ICANN

• Disputes.org/eResolution Consortium at http://www.disputes.org and http://www.eResolution.ca  See also Consortium Company Press Release at http://www.eresolution.ca/pr/01_01appp.htm
• The National Arbitration Forum at http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/
• World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center (Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service) http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/index.html The decision in the first domain name dispute handled by WIPO, World Wrestling Federation v. Bosman (Jan. 14, 2000), is at http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/d99-0001.html and additional decisions to date may be found at http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/index.html

D.  Domain Name Registration

• Information on the Shared Registration (SRS) System and 10 new and 88 previous domain name registrars accredited by ICANN as of December, 1999 is at http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr21dec99.htm
• Network Solutions, Inc http://www.networksolutions.com/
• InterNIC http://rs.internic.net/

E.   Case Law

i. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

• Shields v. Zuccarini, 2000 WL 298300 (E.D. Pa. 2000) [please download from Westlaw www.westlaw.com]

• Sporty's Farm LLC v. Sportsman's Market Inc, No. 98-7452, 2000 WL 124389 (2d Cir. Feb. 2, 2000) [please download from Westlaw www.westlaw.com] (finding that holder of domain name confusingly similar to trademark owned by competitor acted "with bad faith intent to profit" from domain name in violation of 1999 Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act which applied even though this statute was not enacted until case was on appeal)

• Caesars World, Inc. v. Caesars-Palace.com, No. 99-550-A (E.D. Va. March 3, 2000) 

ii. Other

• John Marshall Law School index of domain name disputes (updated 1998) http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/cases/domain.html
• See Cabell article in Required Reading above for many helpful links to additional case law

• Avery Dennison v. Sumpton, 189 F.3d 868 (9th Cir. Aug. 23, 1999) http://www.techlawjournal.com/courts/avery/19990823.htmLockheed Martin v. Network Solutions, Inc., 194 F.3d 980 (9th Cir. Oct. 25, 1999) http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dlip/lock.html

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