Domain Name "114.cn" competition for lawsuits in Nanjing

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"114.cn", this network domain name is easy to remember. However, due to the attribution of the domain name, the national network domain name registration authority "China Internet Information Center" in Nanjing became the defendant. July 26, the Nanjing Intermediate Court hearing the case for the second instance. It is the first time in Nanjing court to sue the state domain name registration Administration agency.

Before the case has been in Xuanwu District Court First instance, the plaintiff Beijing Network Electric Bo pass the company after the lawsuit, filed an appeal.

The controversial focus of the case is the attribution of the domain name "114.cn". Network Electric Bo Pass company court should Sue is employee Zheng Minjie, he brought thick up to hundreds of pages of evidence material. Zheng Minjie said that his network Bo company in 2008 to the China Internet Network Information Center to apply for registration of "114.cn", when the defendant said that the domain name is "reserved domain name", that is to say, individuals and businesses are not allowed to register.

But since then, the company found that the "114.cn" domain name by China Telecom Jiangsu Company registered successfully, and Jiangsu Telecom application is in the network after the Bo pass. Therefore, the company to the China Internet Network Information Center to the court, that according to the November 2004 original Mii promulgated the "China Internet Domain Name management method" stipulates that the domain name should follow the "who first apply for first registration" principle, net Bo application "114.cn" Prior, the domain name should belong to the company. Because the case involved Jiangsu Telecom, so the lawsuit election in Nanjing.

The second trial, the defendants did not send people to court, the tribunal became Zheng Minjie a person "speech" stage. He took out his own lawsuit in Beijing, Tianjin, and other cases of the verdict, claiming that in recent years has been to the China Internet Network Information Center to launch a lawsuit, the purpose is to recover the ownership of network domain names.

Originally, since 2003, Zheng Minjie personal and Network Electric Bo Tong Company, through a number of registered companies to China Internet Network Information Center to apply for the registration of a lot of simple and easy to remember the domain name, including "120.cn", "114.cn" and so on, but they are the domain name is "reserved domain name" as a refusal

"Why are reserved domain names registered by other companies?" In court, Zheng Minjie constantly repeated the issue, he said that the Internet Information Center in China violated the "first registration" principle, deliberately Kaikoko let other companies register.

However, the case is more complicated, Jiangsu Telecom in the first instance claimed that the company did not apply for the registration of "114.cn", may be someone to apply for registration in the name of the company, the police have been involved in the investigation, "114.cn" has also been written off.

The case was not pronounced in court due to the complexity of the case.

The "Scramble for domain name" hides huge economic benefits

Why does the net electricity Bo pass to "114.cn" This domain name so "dwell on"? Zheng Minjie to reporters, because this domain name represents a huge economic interest.

"' 114 ' the number is simple and easy to remember, social visibility is high, of course, valuable." "A man accompanying Zheng Minjie in court said to reporters that a good domain name value can be worth millions of yuan."

Zheng Minjie is actually a "domain name investors", that is, a full-time search for some good domain names for registration, and then to the intention of the company to sell.

Reporter inquires The data discovers, now Sina Weibo domain name is "t.cn", the first applicant is Zheng Minjie. Later, he only tens of thousands of yuan price will sell the domain name, Sina and more than 5 million yuan price will buy this domain name.

"G.cn" is bought by Google, "z.cn" is the excellent network bought ... "in the Internet domain name registration and trading circle, such transactions often appear." "A person who has been investing in domain names for many years told reporters.

All this is related to the role of domain name. On the Internet, the domain name is the most important way to address, similar to the number on the Internet. Internet users, the first thing is to enter the domain name. Therefore, the simple and easy to remember domain name became a popular demand. (Xutao Li Jiahui)