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Top Level Domain names or TLDs, are new website name extensions.Current well known TLDs include “.com”, which is used by mostfor-profits, “.gov”; government organizations, “.org”, used bynon-profit organizations and “name.edu”, which designate educationalinstitutions. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, who controls web naming conventions, has added several new TLDs, including “.eu” for European Unionand sponsored names (sTLD) such as “.travel” for the travel industryand “.jobs” that is restricted to use by the human resource profession.ICANN representatives Tim Cole and Tina Dam, along with other industryexperts, Roland Buck of EuroDNS; and Ray Fassett of Employ Media (theoperators of .jobs) will be at Domain Roundtable to discuss thissubject in depth.

Domainhijacking is the practice of stealing an organization or individualwebsite name. The hijacker could send the current owner a phony ormisleading registration transfer approval form or submit a fraudulenttransfer authorization to the current website host. Website owners whoare not vigilant can fall prey to these practices. Several conferencesessions will feature experts from both the legal and operations sidesof the internet industry, including Richard Lau of Domain Manager;patent attorney John Berryhill PHD,; Ari Goldberger of ESQwire; ScottDonahey of Tomlinson Zisko; Bob Cumbow of Graham & Dunn PC; DerekNewman of Newman & Newman and Devon Ryning of Miller-Nash LLP.

In Cyber Squatting, a person may register well-known names or words,or common typographical errors of popular names as websites. Theregistrant then offers to sell the website, often for a considerableprice, or diverts the web traffic to a website where they make moneyfrom advertising or product sales.

In 1999 the Congress passed the Anti Cyber Squatting ConsumerProtection Act, which extended the rights of trademark ownership toinclude websites. More recently, Internet regulatory organization ICANNcreated the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, known asUDRP to address this issue. The process of claiming ownership of onesbrand name can be complicated and expensive. Domain Roundtable willoffer attendees the opportunity to hear from lawyers and others whospecialize in internet legal issues, including Valerie du Laney ofMiller-Nash; Doug Isenberg of GigaLaw; Samantha Frida of name.com andLeslie Ruiter of Stokes Lawrence PS.

The Domain Roundtable will be held at the downtown Seattle SheratonHotel, a world-class conference facility. Interested attendees will beinterested in special keynotes and local networking events during theconference, in addition to the formal sessions. Information about theconference, activities and accommodations can be found athttp://www.domainroundtable.com.

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