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Legal protection of domain names
Novotný, Jakub ; Horáček, Vít (advisor) ; Štenglová, Ivanka (referee)
Legal protection of domain names This diploma thesis provides overall introduction of domain names problematic, the topic which has witnessed stable rise of popularity over the last two decades, with special emphasis on its legal aspects and possibilities of legal protection. Mass expansion of the domain names over the years came hand in hand with some displeasing side effects, namely increasing occurrence of speculative behaviour residing in bad faith registration of attractive domain names. This practice, so called cyber squatting, rests in systematic abuse of key domain name registration principle first come first serve. As a result of increasing number of intellectual property infringements, namely trademark rights, the need for adequate techniques of domain name protection was highlighted. This task however was not going to be easy. From the legal point of view, domain names are very specific institution in a sense that explicit legal regulations are typically lacking and the rules of this exciting sphere are defined based on the soft law principles drafted by the nongovernmental domain names authorities. Therefore an enforcement of effective measures is not as smooth as for traditional institutions. To investigate this particularity, I have tried to prove presumption, that distribution of...
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