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Justice And Shrinking Jurisdictions, Maurya Vijay Chandra Feb 1997

Justice And Shrinking Jurisdictions, Maurya Vijay Chandra

Maurya Vijay Chandra

A dip in the holy Ganga during the magh mela at Allahabad was to have earned salvation for Gunna Devi, but instead she is an undertrial in the city's most famous jail Naini. (But for her incarceration she would have preferred Kalpvas on banks of river Ganga, just a stone's throw away from the jail.)


Showdown At The Domain Name Corral: Property Rights And Personal Jurisdiction Over Squatters, Poachers And Other Parasites, Ira Nathenson Jan 1997

Showdown At The Domain Name Corral: Property Rights And Personal Jurisdiction Over Squatters, Poachers And Other Parasites, Ira Nathenson

Ira Steven Nathenson

This paper on domain names disputes has two main goals. The first is to analyze the principal points of litigation in domain name disputes, namely, personal jurisdiction and trademark liability. The second is to propose an analytic framework to better help resolve matters of jurisdiction and liability. Regarding personal jurisdiction, domain names are problematic because an internet site can be viewed almost anywhere, potentially subjecting the domain name owner to suit everywhere. For example, should a Florida domain name owner automatically be subject to suit in Alaska where the site can be viewed? If not, then where? Regarding liability, trademark …