McGrady on Domain Names: A Global Guide to Disputes, Registration, and Maintenance

Part I. Introduction
Ch. 1. Understanding Domain Names

Part II. Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs)
A. Africa
1. Eastern Africa
Ch. 10 Burundi
Ch. 11 British Indian Ocean Territory
Ch. 12 Comoros
Ch. 13 Djibouti
Ch. 14 Eritrea
Ch. 15 Ethiopia
Ch. 16 Kenya
Ch. 17 Madagascar
Ch. 18 Malawi
Ch. 19 Mauritius
Ch. 20 Mayotte
Ch. 21 Mozambique
Ch. 22 Reunion Island
Ch. 23 Rwanda
Ch. 24 Seychelles
Ch. 25 Somalia
Ch. 26 Uganda
Ch. 27 United Republic of Tanzania
Ch. 28 Zambia
Ch. 29 Zimbabwe

2. Middle Africa
Ch. 40 Angola
Ch. 41 Cameroon
Ch. 42 Central African Republic
Ch. 43 Chad
Ch. 44 Congo
Ch. 45 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ch. 46 Equatorial Guinea
Ch. 47 Gabon
Ch. 48 Sao Tome and Principe
Ch. 49 Zaire (no longer in existence)

3. Northern Africa
Ch. 60 Algeria
Ch. 61 Egypt
Ch. 62 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Ch. 63 Morocco
Ch. 64 Sudan
Ch. 65 Tunisia
Ch. 66 Western Sahara

4. Southern Africa
Ch. 80 Botswana
Ch. 81 Lesotho
Ch. 82 Namibia
Ch. 83 South Africa
Ch. 84 Swaziland

5. Western Africa
Ch. 090 Ascension Island
Ch. 091 Benin
Ch. 092 Burkina Faso
Ch. 093 Cape Verde
Ch. 094 Côte d'Ivoire
Ch. 095 Gambia
Ch. 096 Ghana
Ch. 097 Guinea
Ch. 098 Guinea-Bissau
Ch. 099 Liberia
Ch. 100 Mali
Ch. 101 Mauritania
Ch. 102 Niger
Ch. 103 Nigeria
Ch. 104 Saint Helena
Ch. 105 Senegal
Ch. 106 Sierra Leone
Ch. 107 Togo

B. Americas
1. The Caribbean
Ch. 120 Anguilla
Ch. 121 Antigua and Barbuda
Ch. 122 Aruba
Ch. 123 Bahamas
Ch. 124 Barbados
Ch. 125 Virgin Islands (British)
Ch. 126 Cayman Islands
Ch. 127 Cuba (trade restricted)
Ch. 128 Dominica
Ch. 129 Dominican Republic
Ch. 130 Grenada
Ch. 131 Guadeloupe
Ch. 132 Haiti
Ch. 133 Jamaica
Ch. 134 Martinique
Ch. 135 Montserrat
Ch. 136 Netherlands Antilles
Ch. 137 Puerto Rico
Ch. 138 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ch. 139 Saint Lucia
Ch. 140 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Ch. 141 Trinidad and Tobago
Ch. 142 Turks and Caicos Islands
Ch. 143 Virgin Islands (USA)

2. Central America
Ch. 150 Belize
Ch. 151 Costa Rica
Ch. 152 El Salvador
Ch. 153 Guatemala
Ch. 154 Honduras
Ch. 155 Mexico
Ch. 156 Nicaragua
Ch. 157 Panama

3. South America
Ch. 170 Argentina
Ch. 171 Bolivia
Ch. 172 Brazil
Ch. 173 Chile
Ch. 174 Colombia
Ch. 175 Ecuador
Ch. 176 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Ch. 177 French Guiana
Ch. 178 Guyana
Ch. 179 Paraguay
Ch. 180 Peru
Ch. 181 Suriname
Ch. 182 Uruguay
Ch. 183 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

4. Northern America
Ch. 190 Bermuda
Ch. 191 Canada
Ch. 192 Greenland
Ch. 193 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Ch. 194 United States of America

C. Asia
1. Central Asia
Ch. 200 Kazakhstan
Ch. 201 Kyrgyzstan
Ch. 202 Tajikistan
Ch. 203 Turkmenistan
Ch. 204 Uzbekistan

2. Eastern Asia
Ch. 210 China
Ch. 211 Hong Kong
Ch. 212 Japan
Ch. 213 Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Ch. 214 Republic of Korea
Ch. 215 Macao Special Adminstrative Region of China
Ch. 216 Mongolia
Ch. 217 Taiwan, Province of China

3. Southern Asia
Ch. 230 Afghanistan
Ch. 231 Bangladesh
Ch. 232 Bhutan
Ch. 233 India
Ch. 234 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ch. 235 Maldives
Ch. 236 Nepal
Ch. 237 Pakistan
Ch. 238 Sri Lanka

4. South-Eastern Asia
Ch. 250 Brunei Darussalam
Ch. 251 Cambodia
Ch. 252 Christmas Island
Ch. 253 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Ch. 254. Indonesia
Ch. 255 Lao People's Democratic Republic
Ch. 256 Malaysia
Ch. 257 Myanmar
Ch. 258 Philippines
Ch. 259 Singapore
Ch. 260 Thailand
Ch. 261 Timor-Leste
Ch. 262 Viet Nam

5. Western Asia
Ch. 270 Armenia
Ch. 271 Azerbaijan
Ch. 272 Bahrain
Ch. 273 Cyprus
Ch. 274 Georgia
Ch. 275 Iraq
Ch. 276 Israel
Ch. 277 Jordan
Ch. 278 Kuwait
Ch. 279 Lebanon
Ch. 280 Oman
Ch. 281 Occupied Palestinian Territory
Ch. 282 Qatar
Ch. 283 Saudi Arabia
Ch. 284 Syrian Arab Republic
Ch. 285 Turkey
Ch. 286 United Arab Emirates
Ch. 287 Yemen

D. Europe
1. Eastern Europe
Ch. 300 Belarus
Ch. 301 Bulgaria
Ch. 302 Czechoslovakia (no longer in existence)
Ch. 303 Czech Republic
Ch. 304 Hungary
Ch. 305 Poland
Ch. 306 Republic of Moldova
Ch. 307 Romania
Ch. 308 Russian Federation
Ch. 309 Slovakia
Ch. 310 Soviet Union (no longer available)
Ch. 311 Ukraine

2. Northern Europe
Ch. 320 Aland Islands
Ch. 321 Denmark
Ch. 322 Estonia
Ch. 323 Faroe Islands
Ch. 324 Finland
Ch. 325 Guernsey
Ch. 326 Iceland
Ch. 327 Ireland
Ch. 328 Isle of Man
Ch. 329 Jersey
Ch. 330 Latvia
Ch. 331 Lithuania
Ch. 332 Norway
Ch. 333 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Ch. 334 Sweden
Ch. 335 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3. Southern Europe
Ch. 350 Albania
Ch. 351 Andorra
Ch. 352 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ch. 353 Croatia
Ch. 354 Gibraltar
Ch. 355 Greece
Ch. 356 Holy See
Ch. 357 Italy
Ch. 358 Malta
Ch. 359 Montenegro
Ch. 360 Portugal
Ch. 361 San Marino
Ch. 362 Serbia
Ch. 363 Slovenia
Ch. 364 Spain
Ch. 365 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Ch. 366 Yugoslavia (no longer in existence)

4. Western Europe
Ch. 380 Austria
Ch. 381 Belgium
Ch. 382 France
Ch. 383 Germany
Ch. 384 Liechtenstein
Ch. 385 Luxembourg
Ch. 386 Monaco
Ch. 387 Netherlands
Ch. 388 European Union (“rTLD”)
Ch. 389 Switzerland

E. Oceana
1. Australia and New Zealand
Ch. 400 Australia
Ch. 401 New Zealand
Ch. 402 Norfolk Island

2. Melanesia
Ch. 410 Fiji
Ch. 411 New Caledonia
Ch. 412 Papua New Guinea
Ch. 413 Solomon Islands
Ch. 414 Vanuatu

3. Micronesia
Ch. 420 Guam
Ch. 421 Kiribati
Ch. 422 Marshall Islands
Ch. 423 Micronesia (Federated States of)
Ch. 424 Nauru
Ch. 425 Northern Mariana Islands
Ch. 426 Palau
Ch. 427 US Minor Outlying Islands

4. Polynesia
Ch. 440 American Samoa
Ch. 441 Cook Islands
Ch. 442 French Polynesia
Ch. 443 Niue
Ch. 444 Pitcairn Island
Ch. 445 Samoa
Ch. 446 Tokelau
Ch. 447 Tonga
Ch. 448 Tuvalu
Ch. 449 Wallis and Futuna Islands

F. Antarctica
Ch. 460 Antarctica
Ch. 461 Bouvet Island
Ch. 462 French Southern Territories
Ch. 463 Heard and McDonald Islands
Ch. 464 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Part III. Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)
Ch. 500 Asian Content [Reserved]
Ch. 501 Aviation
Ch. 502 Business
Ch. 503 Catalan Community
Ch. 504 Commercial (Unrestricted)
Ch. 505 Cooperatives
Ch. 506 Accredited Educational Institutions
Ch. 507 Information (Unrestricted)
Ch. 508 Organizations Established Under International Treaties
Ch. 509 Employment
Ch. 510 United States Armed Forces
Ch. 511 Mobile Devices
Ch. 512 Museums
Ch. 513 Personal Names
Ch. 514 Networks (Unrestricted)
Ch. 515 Noncommercial Entities
Ch. 516 Professionals
Ch. 517 Telecommunications
Ch. 518 Travel and Tourism

McGrady, Paul D.

Paul D. McGrady, Jr., is a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig, LLP in GT's Chicago office. Mr. McGrady concentrates his practice in the intersection between intellectual property and information technology, with special emphasis on domain name disputes, online copyright disputes, online identity theft, and Internet fraud prevention and recovery. He is a veteran of nearly 200 successful proceedings under the Uniform Domain Dispute Resolution Procedure ("UDRP"), as well as formal and informal dispute mechanisms in other jurisdictions, including China, the United Kingdom, Poland, Canada, the Czech Republic, and Romania, among others. He also served as the Director of Operations for a start-up domain name registrar, for which he was able to obtain accreditation by ICANN. He is an active member of both INTA and the Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN.

Mr. McGrady provides counsel on technology licensing, technology outsourcing, web site development, online privacy compliance, blogging, and compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He also has years of experience in the adoption, prosecution, licensing, and enforcement of traditional trademarks in the United States and throughout the world.

Mr. McGrady is an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law's top rated Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology and is a frequent lecturer on Internet related aspects of intellectual property. He also was formerly in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 retailer concentrating in trademarks, franchising, advertising, and shareholder/member relations.