Half title page; TItle page; Title verso; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Table of Cases and Domain Name Decisions; 1 The Domain Name System; [1.1] The Internet; [1.2] TCP/IP; [1.3] Internet Standards; [1.4] Internet Naming and Addressing; [1.5] IP Addresses; [1.6] IPv6; [1.7] The Domain Name System (DNS); [1.8] The Domain Name Space; [1.9] Top-level Domains (TLDs); [1.10] Original Generic Top-level Domains (gTLDs); [1.11] Country Code Top-level Domains (ccTLDs); [1.12] Commercialisation of the Internet; [1.13] New Generic Top-level Domains (gTLDs)As. [1.14] New Sponsored TLDs (sTLDs)[1.15] Policy on Introducing New gTLDs; [1.16] Name Servers; [1.17] Root Name Servers and the Root Zone File; [1.18] Name Resolvers; [1.19] Resource Records; [1.20] Mapping Addresses to Domain Names; [1.21] The WHOIS Directory Service; 1.22 BIND; 2 DNS Governance and ICANN; [2.1] Governance; [2.2] Internet Governance and the WSISWhat; [2.3] The Problem of DNS Governance; [2.4] Early History; [2.5] Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA); [2.6] Privatisation of the Root; [2.7] The Crisis in Governance; [2.8] The International Ad Hoc Committee. [2.9] The NTIA Green Paper[2.10] The NTIA White Paper; [2.11] Formation of ICANN; [2.12] The 1999 Agreements; [2.13] The ICANN/DOC MOU; [2.14] Department of Commerce Supervision; [2.15] US Government Principles and the EU; [2.16] 2006 NTIA Consultation; [2.17] The September 2006 Agreement; [2.18] IANA Function Contract; [2.19] VeriSign Agreement; [2.20] ICANN's Structural Reform Process; [2.21] ICANN's Constitution; [2.22] ICANN's Mission; [2.23] ICANN's Core Values; [2.24] ICANN's Structure; [2.25] ICANN's Processes; [2.26] gTLD Registry Agreements; [2.27] .com Registry Agreement. [2.28] Registrar Accreditation Agreement[2.29] ICANN and ccTLD Governance; [2.30] The WSIS and the IGF; 3 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution; [3.1] 'Cybersquatting'; [3.2] NSI Dispute Resolution Policy; [3.3] Origins of the UDRP; [3.4] The WIPO First Process Report; [3.5] ICANN's Adoption of WIPO Recommendations; [3.6] WIPO and ICANN's UDRP: Differences; [3.7] Abusive, Bad Faith Registration; [3.8] The Affirmative Defences; [3.9] Implementation of the UDRP; [3.10] Dispute-resolution Service Providers; [3.11] The WIPO Second Process Report; [3.12] Response to the Report. [3.13] Other ICANN Dispute Resolution Systems[3.14] Limited Remedies under the UDRP; [3.15] UDRP Fundamental Tensions; [3.16] WIPO Overview of UDRP Decisions; 4 UDRP Procedures; [4.1] The UDRP Rules; [4.2] Precedential Value of Panel Decisions; [4.3] The Complainant; [4.4] The Complaint; [4.5] Serving the Respondent; [4.6] The Respondent; [4.7] The Response; [4.8] Late Responses; [4.9] The Panel and Panel Decisions; [4.10] Choice of Law; [4.11] Proper Language of the Proceedings; [4.12] Supplemental Submissions; [4.13] Refiled Complaints; [4.14] Burden of Proof

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