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Protection of domain names
Dušek, Ondřej ; Horáček, Vít (advisor) ; Horáček, Tomáš (referee)
In the diploma work, there are examined domain names, which have become, due to a mass development of the Internet, an economically very valuable estate. Domain names lack, although being a generally known notion, any legal anchoring in the Czech system of law. The absence of legal regulation of domain names is not an anomaly of the Czech legal environment, but it can also be seen in the states with advanced legal culture. Domain names fulfill, in addition to being a very valuable commercial article, identification and/or promotional functions. Just for those reasons, the domain names need to be provided a corresponding legal protection. The introductory part of the diploma work, containing an introduction into the issues of domain names, addresses technical aspects of domain names and the method of their hierarchical structuring. Further, the diploma work contains a list of institutions which play, in the area of domain names, an important role for various reasons. The historical development of the institutions, their organization, and activity contents are briefly described. Then the legal nature of domain names is examined and a question whether a domain name can be considered to be a thing/item, right and/or any other asset value is answered. Furthermore, the diploma work contains a description...
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Protection of domain names
Hrobárik, Marián ; Horáček, Vít (advisor) ; Rozehnal, Aleš (referee)
Protection of domain names Life nowadays is much more dependent on information and the most common source of them right now is Internet. One of the main aspects, that users of Internet have to deal with, is a domain names, as a website address. Nevertheless it's common, that users do not differentiate between internet, browser, search engine or web page, nor are familiar with the legal and technical concept of domain names. Domains are allocated according to a first come first serve basis and that makes them valuable article and thus subject of common legal disputes. The purpose of my thesis is to analyze ways of legal protection of domain names and the absence of its legal regulation, which is not unique for Czech legal system. First chapter of my thesis deals briefly with internet and its basic infrastructure, including internet protocol, with deeper focus on domain names, their technical aspects, hierarchical structure and typology. Next chapter mentions the main organizations involved in creating rules and policies for cooperation among institutions authorized to oversee internet and managing the registration of internet number resources and domain name system. This chapter includes the description of main characteristics for the process for resolution of disputes according to UDRP (Uniform...
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Protection of domain names
Dušek, Ondřej ; Horáček, Vít (advisor) ; Horáček, Tomáš (referee)
In the diploma work, there are examined domain names, which have become, due to a mass development of the Internet, an economically very valuable estate. Domain names lack, although being a generally known notion, any legal anchoring in the Czech system of law. The absence of legal regulation of domain names is not an anomaly of the Czech legal environment, but it can also be seen in the states with advanced legal culture. Domain names fulfill, in addition to being a very valuable commercial article, identification and/or promotional functions. Just for those reasons, the domain names need to be provided a corresponding legal protection. The introductory part of the diploma work, containing an introduction into the issues of domain names, addresses technical aspects of domain names and the method of their hierarchical structuring. Further, the diploma work contains a list of institutions which play, in the area of domain names, an important role for various reasons. The historical development of the institutions, their organization, and activity contents are briefly described. Then the legal nature of domain names is examined and a question whether a domain name can be considered to be a thing/item, right and/or any other asset value is answered. Furthermore, the diploma work contains a description...
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