1. Domain Name Policy in 2001 Boudewijn Nederkoorn Chairman Council of European National TLD Registries

2. Emerging organizations in the Domain Name Area Trends in Naming Policies - global - European -.nl; a case study WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

3. Emerging organizations in the Domain Name Area General ICANN (new IANA) DNSO ccTLD specific CENTRE APLTD LACTLD AFTLD NATLD WWTLD

4. Council of European National TLD Registries - CENTR focus on European ccTLDs project in 1998; 35 participants legal body early 1999 decision on location November 1998 300 KECU yearly budget

5. Aspects of TLD Naming Policies first come, first served only organizations or also individuals can apply one name per holder or more restrictions on country of in corporation restrictions on choice of name dispute prevention and resolution

6. Trends in Naming Policies Global gTLDsliberal policy with few restrictions ccTLDspartly operating as gTLDs role of governments

7. Trends in Naming Policies European diversity of naming policies ranging from strict (.se,.fr,.no) to liberal (.de,.dk,.uk) harmonization as a result of CENTR: - exchange of views and experience - documentation of practices - workshops slight tendency towards liberalization

8. Trends in Naming Policies Registry.nl: a case study non member organization (stability/continuity) supporting organization based on membership 275 members; fee 1.000 $ per year formal tasks SO relate to: - election 4 of 7 board members - tariffs - naming policy

9. A case study:.NL Phase 1: 1986-1996 One man show Phase 2: 1996-1998 Establishment legal body Evaluation after two years Phase 3: 1999 - New naming rules Developing local TLD policy and naming rules

10. Phase 1 (until October 1996): only organizations can register only one name per organization second Level Domains only domain name must reflect name organization no appeal possible Phase 2 (up until now): only organizations can register second Level Domains only generic names not allowed unless registered as trademark appeals handled by the Registry Conference on 9 June 1998: Evaluation and building consensus Naming policy

19. only organizations can register Second Level Domains only no direct reference to trademarks all names allowed except: - names that can be misleading in social life: (government, hospital, school) - names of branches in economic life (bookstore, hotels, autolease) appeals handled outside the Registry Phase 3 (from 1999):

20. dispute prevention dispute resolution famous marks in the gTLDs new gTLDs and IP-rights Regional consultations in Europe: Brussels September 29 Budapest October 22 WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

21. CENTRhttp://www.ripe.net/centr.nlhttp://www.nic.nl WIPOhttp://wipo2.wipo.int URL’s