[kictanet] On line debate Agenda for 2012 Kenya IGF commences tomorrow June 14, 2012

[Ali Hussein]

Kivuva 

In fact there is precedence to this. In 2000 WIPO ( World Intellectual Property Organization ordered the owners of Barcelona.com to surrender the domain to the Barcelona City Council.   

More on that: 
http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/1053/who-has-the-rights-in-geographical-domain-names.aspx

The million dollar question is who can champion this. Or who has jurisdiction and more importantly the appetite for this? 

I remember a few years back when I was handling the Kenya Airways web properties urging KQ to secure all iterations of their name online. Do you know KQ still doesn't own kenyaairways.com? A few years ago it was being used as a blog to diss KQ. Now it's a landing page being used for monetization. And the list  goes on..

Ali Hussein

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On Jun 14, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> Ali Hussein, can we have a basis to ask ICANN/Verisign to surrender the name kenya.com to the republic? If its possible then that would be a landmark case.  We have more examples like uganda.com that is clearly owned by a speculator. Other countries are not better off, with even southafrica.com controlled remotely from the west.
> 
> On 13 June 2012 17:10, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
> Good question Kivuva. In Internet time that was eons ago. Question is how about now. What can we do? Cyber squatting is still very prevalent. 
> 
> Ali Hussein
> 
> +254 773/713 601113
> 
> Sent from my iPhone®
> 
> On Jun 13, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ali Hussein, kenya.com was registered in 1995 when domain squatting was taking root. I wonder how many of us knew what a domain is.
>> 
>> On 13 June 2012 16:33, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>> Alice
>> 
>> I agree. What is more interesting is that there are only 3 Geographic names. Africa, dotAfrica and Durban. These are real concerns that will need to be addressed. Even more interesting is that the rest are basically South African through DSTV. 
>> 
>> The implications of cost, national pride etc arise. 
>> 
>> For example a quick search for Kenya.com brings up
>> 
>>  Registrant
>>                      Abstract Holdings International Ltd.
>>                    Alex Royf
>>                    The Business Centre                   
>>                    Upton, St. Michael (BB)
>>                    BB11103
>>                    
>>   Administrative Contact
>>   
>>                    Abstract Holdings International Ltd.
>>                    Alex Royf
>>                    The Business Centre                   
>>                    Upton, St. Michael (BB)
>>                    BB11103
>>                    @abstractholdings.com
>>                    +1.(246)436 8600
>>                                   
>>                   
>>   Technical Contact
>>   
>>                    Abstract Holdings International Ltd.
>>                    Alex Royf
>>                    The Business Centre                   
>>                    Upton, St. Michael (BB)
>>                    BB11103
>>                    @abstractholdings.com
>>                    +1.(246)436 8600
>>                                       
>> Regards
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