[gnso-raa-b] Is there any revision to the US supreme court ruling of 2000 that "Internet domain names are a new form of intellectual property"?

[Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

There is a very old report at page
http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071-281311.html that says that in the year 2000,
the US supreme court reversed a 1999 circuit court ruling that "Internet
domain names are a new form of intellectual property".

1)  Is there any revision on this US supreme court ruling that domain names
are not intellectual property ? Is ICANN's position on ownership of a domain
name entirely governed by the US Supreme Court decision of 2000 or later, if
revised?

2) This report also says that Network Solutions revised its Domain
Registration Agreement (based on the Supreme Court ruling ??? ) in Nov 1999
which gave the company sweeping rights such as. The agreement states:
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*•* *NSI may terminate "domain name registration services" if the registrant
uses them for "any improper purpose, as determined in our sole discretion."
The term "improper" is left open for NSI to interpret.*

Ten years later, in 2010, is this power to terminate a domain name with the
Registrar, Registry or with ICANN ?

Sivasubramanian M
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