THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM AND THE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN NAMES: Structure and organization of the Domain Name System / Torsten Bettinger -- Organizational structure and functions of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) / Torsten Bettinger, Volker Greimann -- Original gTLDs : registration procedures, registration agreements, and dispute resolution / ICANN's new gTLD program / Mike Rodenbaugh -- Country code top-level domains / The European top-level domain '.eu' / Domain name industry / Jannik Skou -- NATIONAL LAW: Australia / Alistair Payne, David Fixler -- Austria / Peter Burgstaller -- Belgium / Alain Strowel, Benjamin Docquir -- Brazil / Karin Grau-Kuntz, Bernardo Guitton Brauer -- Canada / Eric Macramalla -- Czech Republic / Radka MacGregor Pelikánová, Ladislav Jakl -- Denmark / Knud Wallberg -- France / David Taylor -- Germany / Greece / Apostolos Chronopoulos -- Hong Kong / Hong Xue -- India / Pravin Anand -- Ireland / James Bridgeman -- Israel / Ellen B. Shankman -- Italy / Philipp Fabbio -- Japan / Makoto Hattori, Nodoka Nakamura -- Netherlands / Adonna Alkema -- Norway / Kristine Celius -- People's Republic of China / Lian Yunze, Liu Yuping -- Poland / Justyna Ozegalska-Trybalska -- Portugal / Alexandre L. Dias Pereira, Carla Valério -- The Republic of Korea / Ho-Hyun Nahm -- Russian Federation / Iouri Kobiako von Gamm, Natalia Gulyaeva -- Singapore / Tan Tee Jim, S.C. -- South Africa / Charné le Roux -- Spain / Albert Agustinoy Guilayn -- Sweden / Petter Rindforth -- Switzerland / Gallus Joller -- Turkey / Mustafa Aksu -- United Kingdom / Dawn Osborne, Steve Palmer -- United States of America / William R. Towns
RIGHTS PROTECTION MECHANISMS: Introduction and historical background to ICANN's rights-protection mechanisms for new gTLDs / Torsten Bettinger -- Rights protection against applications for new gTLDs (pre-delegation dispute resolution / Rights protection against the operation and use of new gTLDs by the registry operator / Torsten Bettinger, David Taylor, Jane Seager -- Rights protection against registration and use of domain names within a new gTLD / Allegra Waddell, Hong Xue -- Uniform Domain Name Dispute Policy (UDRP) / Allegra Waddell -- Other ICANN consensus policies / Alternative dispute resolution for '.eu' / Alternative dispute resolution procedures for ccTLDs / JOINT RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING PROVISIONS ON THE PROTECTION OF MARKS, AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN SIGNS, ON THE INTERNET / TORSTEN BETTINGER -- COUNTRY OVERVIEWS: Argentina -- Bulgaria -- Colombia -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- Estonia -- Finland -- Germany -- Hungary -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Malta -- Mexico -- Monaco -- Romania -- Slovenia