Certificate in Domain Names and the Law

Internet domain name is a combination of typographic characters used to describe the location of a specific location online. It is known as the Uniform Resource Locator or URL. It is considered the identity of a Web site. The Internet domain name is very important for the small businesses who want to establish their name on internet. Cyber squatting, on the other hand, is the deliberate, bad-faith, abusive registration of domain names, with the speculative intent of reserving trademarks as Internet domain names with the mala fide purpose of selling them to the trademark owners at a much higher price. The Certificate in Domain names and the Law is brought to you by the renowned law firm, Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants, in association with Enhelion. It deals with the intricacies of the concepts of domain name and cybersquatting along with the mechanism of domain name dispute resolution.

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART?

Enrolling for the certificate programme will enable you to:

• Get a signed certificate, on successful completion of the course, from renowned corporate lawyer and Insolvency Professional- Mr. Rodney D. Ryder, Founder and Managing Partner of Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants-Advocates & Solicitors
• Receive a recommendation letter from Mr. Rodney D. Ryder (only the top three students)
• Get a better understanding of the topics by being mentored by various practicing lawyers having experience of more than 25 years in the profession, who also form a part of core Enhelion team
• Get lifetime access to the recorded lectures which are stored in Enhelion’s database for any future reference
• Enjoy the special voice over features in the presentations
• Interact with the Enhelion team on one-to-one basis at various intervals
• Get assessed on the basis of online examination as well as online submission of assignment

The curriculum is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the evolving scope of domain name disputes and the susbequent need to resolve such disputes.

The following modules are covered under the course-

• Module 1: Introduction to Domain Name System- Meaning and Protection and Types of Domain Name Disputes
• Module 2: Cyber Squatting: Concept, Types and Latest Trends
• Module 3: Cyber Squatting in India
• Module 4: Resolution of Domain Name Disputes
• Module 5: Future to Dispute Resolution

Rodney D. Ryder is the founding partner at Scriboard and is a leading technology, intellectual property and corporate lawyer. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Mr. Ryder has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications. Mr. Ryder is also advisor to the Data Security Council of India [a NASSCOM initiative] on the structuring of industry data privacy and information security policies and contractual standards. His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names. He is advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India [NiXI] and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.

In every walk of life, the process of evaluation takes place in one form or the other. If the evaluation process is eliminated from human life then perhaps the aim of life may be lost. Being in the same line, Enhelion is committed to evaluate the process of learning through its courses.

The evaluation will be conducted in a two-fold manner. There will be one MCQ test which would test the basic understanding on the topics covered in the course. Furthermore, there will be one Project Assignment, which would test the analytical understanding of the same.

The most intriguing aspect of the evaluation process is the time flexibility it affords. You can take the MCQ test and submit the project assignment as per your convenience.

To be eligible to receive a certificate after successful completion of the course, one is required to secure a minimum of 40 percent overall.

Scriboard is a full service commercial law firm specialising in Information Technology and Intellectual Property and related services. The firm is legal counsel to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and to the National Internet Exchange of India [NIXI], which manages the .in [Indian Country Code Top Level Domain Extensions]. They are also India Counsel to a leading social networking website, major oil and technology companies. They advise the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] on Internet Security and Cyber Crimes.