Domain Registration Related News
New domains cause wrangles
April 2005
Two more top-level domain names - .travel and
.jobs - have been approved by the oversight body
for the internet's addressing system, but industry
figures warned that many firms will find little
business value in the new names, though they may
have to register them defensively.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers approved the .travel and .jobs suffixes
earlier this month, and has designated Tralliance
and Employ Media as their respective registrars.
Both domains are expected to go live late this
year. But two recent cases suggest that the
introduction of more domain suffixes could create
problems for some firms.
One of the cases is the ongoing dispute between
Apple and the founder of a small internet firm,
CyberBritain, over the itunes.co.uk domain name.
Benjamin Cohen bought the domain two months before
Apple introduced iTunes. However, registry Nominet
awarded the domain to Apple after ruling that
Cohen was deliberately trying to exploit Apple's
brand. Reportedly, Cohen now intends to take the
case to the High Court.
In a separate incident last week, George
Hollingbery, the Conservative candidate for
Winchester, registered a domain containing the
name of his Liberal Democrat rival in an attempt
to direct users to another web site. LibDem Mark
Oaten uses the .com domain, while Hollingbery
registered under .co.uk.
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