Internet Governance,Resolving the Unresolvable: Trademark Law and Internet Domain Names

Issues of trademark law have frequently been raised in internet domain name system disputes. The results have often seen the rights of the trademark holder being upheld over others. Slowly, trademark law has been extended beyond its pre-internet regime. This article examines the issues from an inter-disciplinary and pragmatic perspective and concludes that this is in fact an unresolvable problem.