Subscribe to RSSThe Chronicles of Electronic Commerce: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy by Zinatul A. Zainol
Abstract: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is a unique concept under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy. Its main purpose is to protect domain name registrants against...
Short And Numeric Only .TEL Domains Coming Soon
Short and numeric only .TEL domain names will soon be available for registration following their approval by ICANN at a January board meeting, the registry announced...
Brian Cute New CEO Of .ORG Registry
The registry for .ORG, the Public Interest Registry (PIR), announced on 14 January that Brian Cute is their new CEO following Alexa Raad’s resignation late last...
Workshop on Introduction of .FR IDNs
A workshop on internationalised domain names will be held by AFNIC, the French registry, on 10 February in the lead up to introduction of IDNs to the .FR ccTLD.
CIRA to host national event on the future of Canada’s Internet
[news release] On February 25, 2011, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will present the findings from a national consultation on how the Internet...
US Republican Moves to Keep UN Away From Internet Governance
The Republicans in the US are working hard to keep the UN’s mitts off internet governance, with Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., reintroducing “a nonbinding...
Vint Cerf Vows To Do Everything He Can To Push IPv6 Adoption
The last blocks of IPv4 addresses are likely to be allocated to regional registries “within the next few weeks”, Vint Cerf, formerly chair of ICANN and...
Almost Free: An Analysis of ICANN’s ‘Affirmation of Commitments’ by A. Michael Froomkin
Abstract: This article examines the legal and political effects of the “Affirmation of Commitments” between the United States Department of Commerce...
ICANN’s Board and GAC to Meet on New gTLDs
[news release] During the recent ICANN meeting in Cartagena, the ICANN Board of Directors and Governmental Advisory Committee agreed to meet at some time prior to...
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (With New gTLDs)… Unless You’re a Trademark (Or Copyright) Holder
Following efforts by the well-funded trademark holder’s lobby to browbeat ICANN into submission over their desire (only partially successful) to scuttle the...
Last Chance To Comment On .AU Policy Review
Submissions close this Friday (21 January) on a review into the policy framework for .AU domain names currently being undertaken by the policy and regulatory body...
Partytime Coming at DOMAINfest Global in February
With DOMAINfest Global less than two weeks away, the organisers have been spruiking the party element, or more appropriately from a business point of view, the social...
ICANN – Public Comment: GNSO Council Requests Your Input on Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines
As part of the GNSO Improvements Process, which has as its objective to improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO),...
TRA Extends dotEmarat Sunrise To Encourage Trademark Owners to Register
[news release] The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) extended the registration in the (dotEmarat) Sunrise period for an additional six months to...
Trademark Holders Continue Hard Lobbying Over New gTLDs
You can never keep trademark holders down, not when they have oodles of money to pay oodles of lawyers, which is what ICANN is finding as it plans to implement new...
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