<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Kivuva </div><div><br></div><div>In fact there is precedence to this. In 2000 WIPO ( World Intellectual Property Organization ordered the owners of <a href="http://Barcelona.com">Barcelona.com</a> to surrender the domain to the Barcelona City Council. </div><div><br></div><div>More on that: </div><div><a href="http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/1053/who-has-the-rights-in-geographical-domain-names.aspx">http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/1053/who-has-the-rights-in-geographical-domain-names.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>The million dollar question is who can champion this. Or who has jurisdiction and more importantly the appetite for this? </div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://kenyaairways.com">kenyaairways.com</a>? 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..<br><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>+254 773/713 601113</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div><div><br>On Jun 14, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ali Hussein, can we have a basis to ask ICANN/Verisign to surrender the name <a href="http://kenya.com">kenya.com</a> to the republic? If its possible then that would be a landmark case. We have more examples like <a href="http://uganda.com">uganda.com</a> that is clearly owned by a speculator. Other countries are not better off, with even <a href="http://southafrica.com">southafrica.com</a> controlled remotely from the west.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 June 2012 17:10, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>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. <br><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>
+254 773/713 601113</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div><div><br>On Jun 13, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div>
</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ali Hussein, <a href="http://kenya.com" target="_blank">kenya.com</a> was registered in 1995 when domain squatting was taking root. I wonder how many of us knew what a domain is.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 June 2012 16:33, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Alice<br><br>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. <br>
<br>The implications of cost, national pride etc arise. <br><br>For example a quick search for <a href="http://Kenya.com" target="_blank">Kenya.com</a> brings up<br><br><font size="1"> Registrant<br> Abstract Holdings International Ltd.<br>
Alex Royf<br>
The Business Centre <br> Upton, St. Michael (BB)<br> BB11103<br> <br> Administrative Contact<br> <br> Abstract Holdings International Ltd.<br>
Alex Royf<br> The Business Centre <br> Upton, St. Michael (BB)<br> BB11103<br> <img src="cid:">@<a href="http://abstractholdings.com" target="_blank">abstractholdings.com</a><br>
+1.(246)436 8600<br> <br> <br> Technical Contact<br> <br> Abstract Holdings International Ltd.<br> Alex Royf<br> The Business Centre <br>
Upton, St. Michael (BB)<br> BB11103<br> <img src="cid:">@<a href="http://abstractholdings.com" target="_blank">abstractholdings.com</a><br>
+1.(246)436 8600</font><br> <br>Regards<br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva<br>For<br>Business Development<br>
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