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“Serious concern” over new ICANN policy group proposals
Brand owners drafting a response to the recommended “mandatory” adoption of trademark protection proposals for the new generic top level domains (gTLDs) have broadly welcomed the latest development but “serious concerns” remain.
The report of the Special Trademarks Issues (STI) team, a working group created by ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), details the consensus reached [...]
How Not to Develop Public Policy
Some of ICANN’s current proceedings on the introduction of new generic top level domains (gTLDs) provide a case study on how not to develop public policy. In particular, the Rights Protection Mechanism proceedings, with serious implications for trademark owners, have followed a course that does not correspond to the ideal of ICANN’s bottom-up, consensus-based processes [...]
ICANN ready in March 2010
Preparations for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Meeting, scheduled for Kenya in March, are underway. The international event, which is poised to attract major players in the cyber sector, is scheduled for the capital, Nairobi, from 7-12 March.
Officials from the Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), which will host one of the [...]