论域名保护的制度选择

随着因特网在世界范围内的迅猛发展,域名(domainname)问题日趋成为人们关注与争论的焦点。域名最初的设计目的是为了方便网络用户之间的信息传递,其基本功能是确定网址、实现计算机的网络化。域名是现代企业的网上商标,是企业的无形资产,而由此带来的域名与商标权利冲突问题也日益复杂化、多样化。本文拟对域名的法律地位、域名与商标的关系及域名侵权的表现,并探讨我国解决域名法律保护的制度选择。

On the system options of domain name protection

With the rapid development of Internet in the world, domain name increasingly becomes the focus that people concern and argue about. The purpose of domain name's initial design is for the convenient information transfer among the Internet users with its essential function of determining net address and carrying out Internet computerization. As a modern enterprise's trademark on the internet, domain name is its invisible property, along with which brings about various complicated conflicts. This article discusses domain name's legal role, the relationship between domain name and trademark as well as domain name's tort and at last explores the solutions to the system options of domain name's legal protection.