Supporter of gun control in the United States, Californian Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has found the domain name senatorfeinstein.com is being used to promote gun rights. 9793
ICANN has closed its Sydney office Domain Incite has revealed, with staff there made redundant over the Christmas period. The office was originally established when Paul Twomey was CEO and president. 9759
It keeps a lot to keep Kim Dotcom down. Accused of facilitating online piracy through his venture Megaupload and fighting extradition to the United States, the German now residing in New Zealand has had a minor hiccup with his latest file sharing venture. 9523
A global operation coordinated by Interpol spanning 100 countries saw 18,000 websites and linked to illicit online pharmacies being identified and shut down, the suspension of payment facilities of online rogue pharmacies, and the disruption of a massive number of spam emails and social networking messages. 9356
Ever wondered what the difference is in lodging a UDRP complaint with WIPO or NAF? Doug Isenberg says he’s often asked this question and so has set out ten differences when lodging complaints with the two organisations, who handle 97% percent of all complaints. 9127
Never let facts get in the way of a good story. Sweet & Maxwell have gone on the warpath against cybersquatters saying that disputes over cybersquatting are at record numbers. They use the figures put out by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, claiming that WIPO “decided on nearly 3,000 cases in the 12 months to July 2012, the highest figure since 2007,” according to a report in The Guardian. 9100
There may be a case for governments having more say in the way the internet is run, EU digital commissioner Neelie Kroes told ZDNet last week, but — even if this were to happen — it would not necessitate giving the ITU more power. 9094