History of domain name disputes

This page contains links to accounts and analyses of the short history of domain name disputes, and to "historic" documents such as early versions of dispute resolution policies.

Official resources

Timeline for the Formulation and Implementation of the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy - This timeline from ICANN begins in June 1998 and runs to February 2002.

Comments on the UDRP - An index of comments on the draft UDRP from the ICANN website.

Third party resources

ICANN Profile: History - A history of ICANN from the Caslon Analytics site.

History of .uk - Wikipedia's brief history of the .uk domain name extension.

Archived Information for Domain Name Disputes - A chronology of domain name disputes from 1981 to 1997 including links (many broken) to key documents. Published on the American Association of Domain Names site.