Navigating the Bankruptcy Waters in a Domain Name Rowboat, 3 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 61 (2003)

The combination of rapidly emerging technologies and changes in intellectual property and information technology law has resulted in new species of property and contract rights, such as Internet domain names. While some laws that were enacted before the rise of the Internet cannot be reconciled with the issues raised by domain names, the Bankruptcy Code appears to be equipped with the tools to handle most issues raised by this new species of property. This article discusses how domain names are treated during bankruptcy, how the Bankruptcy Code can be used to protect the function and value of a debtor\u27s domain name, and finally, how a non-debtor\u27s interests in a domain name can be protected during bankruptcy