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October 1, 2008

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Soon Cameroon, located in West Africa, offers the following extensions: .com.cm, .net.cm and .co.cm. From October 15, the sunrise period starts.  From that day on, holders of a registered brand name can register their name under any of the above extensions. This brand can be registered anywhere, therefore a Benelux trademark is eligible. As of Nov. 15 anyone who wants a name under any of the above extensions can register such a name.

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In Kentucky, the government has seized 141 domain names related to online gambling. It is mainly about poker sites such as AbsolutePoker.com, PokerStars.com and Cakepoker.com.

On Thursday, September 18, the court in Kentucky ordered to transfer these names. Some domain name registrars have already said they will cooperate with this transfer, other registrars prefer to keep the names in their own possession. On October 7, the next hearing will take place.

According to Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, he seized the names because he wants to protect the general welfare of the people of Kentucky. “The only permitted form of gambling in Kentucky are the state lottery and betting on horse racing. Against all other forms of illegal gambling measures should be taken, “said Beshear.

ImeGA (Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association) the civil party in this case wants the seizure to be rejected. “It is true that illegal gambling in Kentucky is prohibited,” said Edward Leyden, president of ImeGA, ‘however the existing statue only mentions ‘gambling devices’, on fields that are related to gambling, nothing is said. ”

“The registrars of the seized domain names also aren’t pleased with this matter,” says Leyden. “On one hand they realize that general welfare is important and they don’t want any trouble with the state Kentucky. On the other hand, they fear that the persons who have registered their names will claim damages if the names remain seized.”