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Background
  What are domain
  names?
  InterNIC and NSI
  Registration
  Conflict Resolution

Problems
  Trademarks
  Confusion
  Grabbing

Proposals
  US Green Paper
  gTLD-MoU

Conclusion

Resources
  References
  Examples
  About the group

References

Here are some references that we used that might be helpful in further research on domain names.

InterNIC and the current naming system:

http://www.gcwf.com/articles/primer.htm
http://www.bna.com/e-law/cases/giac.html
http://www.mids.org/legal/dispute.html
http://rs.internic.net/internic/
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/usdnr/
http://www.netsol.com/
http://www.iahc.org/draft-iahc-recommend-00.html
http://www.isi.edu/div7/iana/domain-names.html
http://rs.internic.net/internic/index.html
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/usdnr/
http://rs.internic.net/glossary/index.html#dn
http://rs.internic.net/faq/how_register.html
http://www.qantm.com.au/copyright/hourig.html
http://www.gcwf.com/articles/primer.htm
http://www.mids.org/legal/dispute.html
http://www.bna.com/e-law/cases/giac.html
http://netsol.com
http://www.worldnic.com
http://www.internic.net
http://www.internic.com

Trademarks and domain names:

http://www.wipo.org/eng/internet/domains/index.htm
http://www.qantm.com.au/copyright/hourig.html
http://www.urich.edu/~jolt/v1i1/burk.html
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/cyber.html
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/piet/internic/domain1.html

Confusion and domain names:

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,19788,00.html?latest
http://www.simon.higgs.com/lehman.html
http://www.registrars.net/library/tradefame.htm

Proposals to change the current domain naming system:

http://www.News
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,18639,00.html
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/dnsdrft.htm
-Salmon, Lisa. The Challenge of Internet Domain Names Part II. (Not yet published)
http://www.gtld-mou.org/
http://www3.itu.int/net-itu/gtld-mou/signat.htm
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,18523,00.html
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,18167,00.html
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,17986,00.html

Our Presentation

Here are the slides used in our presentation, given March 16, 1998 for CS201
What Yu Ping Hu spoke about
What Brandon Salmon spoke about

A glossary of terms

ACPs--Administrative Domain Name Challenge Panels
CORE--Council of Registrars
DNS--Domain Name Server
Green Paper-- Proposal by the United States government to change the domain registration process
gTLD-- generic Top Level Domain
gTLD-MoU-- generic Top Level Domain Name Memorandum of Understanding
IANA-- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
InterNIC-- InterNetwork Information Center
NSF-- National Science Foundation
NSI-- Network Solutions, Inc.
PAB-- Policy Advisory Board
POC-- Policy Oversight Committee
Root Server-- highest domain name server
TLD-- Top Level Domain
USC-ISI
WWW-- World Wide Web

Examples

Here are some names/sites/companies that have been involved in domain name conflicts/disputes or are at least interesting comparisons.

Please Note: These page may be pornographic in nature. View at your own risk

www.whitehouse.gov vs. www.whitehouse.com
www.yahoo.com vs. www.yahhoo.com
www.yahoo.com vs. www.yahooo.com
www.yahoo.com vs. www.yahoooo.com
www.yahoo.com vs. www.yahooooo.com
www.excite.com vs. www.excit.com
www.hotbot.com vs. www.hotbott.com
www.lycos.com vs. www.lycoss.com
www.altavista.digital.com vs. www.altavist.com
www.altavista.digital.com vs. www.altavista.com

Some examples of sites on hold because of cases pending:
Please Note: These pages may not point to anything if the case is still pending when you visit this site
www.newton.com
www.dc.com