New Rules on Domain Name Registration and Dispute Resolution

October 02, 2002 | BY

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The Ministry of Information Industry and the China Internet Network Information Center recently issued separate pieces of legislation that aim to bring China's freewheeling internet sphere under additional legislative control.

By Ron (Rongwei) Cai,

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Shanghai Office

On September 30 2002, three new sets of rules concerning domain names became effective in China.  The Ministry of Information Industry promulgated the Administration of China Internet Domain Names Procedures (the Domain Name Procedures).  The other two were issued by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC):  Resolution of Domain Name Disputes Procedures (the Dispute Resolution Procedures) and Policies for Resolution of Domain Name Disputes Procedural Rules (the Procedural Rules).  The Dispute Resolution Procedures replace the original CNNIC Resolution of Disputes Concerning Chinese-language Domain Names Procedures Trial Implementation, issued in November 2000.

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