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

[Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)]

it turns out that the most hotly contested name is .app applieda for
by 13 companies, among them Google and Affilias.
Other than the geographical aspect seems  Africa is also missing from
the commercial :(

2012/6/14, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>:
> 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
>
> +254 773/713 601113
>
> Sent from my iPhone®
>
> 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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Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)
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