ICANN just issued a “thought paper“” entitled “Guidance for Preparing Domain Name Orders, Seizures & Takedowns” According to ICANN this “thought paper” offers guidance for anyone who prepares an order that seeks to seize or take down domain names. ” read more
The Trademark Clearinghouse facilitates the protection of trademark rights during the initial allocation and registration periods for domain names in new generic top level domains (new gTLDs). All new gTLD registries will be required to use Clearinghouse data to ensure that a set of mandatory trademark rights protection mechanisms read more
France is proposing an Internet Tax which was reported in the New York Times. The proposal if it follows through will affect the landscape of internet governance in days ahead.read more
Abidjan — A French research initiative has been launched with the aim of transferring technology and practical knowledge to developing countries in the global South. The initiative, known as Valorisation Sud (southern development) is spearheaded by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the Pasteur Institute, the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) …
Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet, said today he is troubled by the prospect of companies like AT&T avoiding government regulation after the transition from traditional phone technology to all-IP networks. Already, he said, competition was decimated when the Internet moved from dial-up providers to cable companies and telcos. read more
We already noted this morning that the US, a bunch of European countries, and a sprinkling of other nations around the globe have refused to sign the new ITR agreement put together at the ITU’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), read more
The major trends of 2012 — social media, cloud services, media streaming and mobile everything — are reflected in our choices. Many of these developments will gain even greater significance in 2013. Hardware and software products are “merging into services,” writes Gartner analyst Gregor Petri in a recent blog post. This increased complexity provides potential …
Even as the Internet keeps growing and evolving, the fallout from major regulations expected in 2013 threaten to change its very nature. The dust has yet to settle in the wake of the contentious International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) conference in Dubai, but its repercussions could spit the Internet into two parts: read more
Incredibly, there are now over 6 billion mobile phone subscriptions globally, and almost a billion of them are Smartphones. These are dominated by Android and iPhone devices, which is no surprise; whether Windows 8 can make an impact has yet to be determined. read more
Some of the world’s most authoritarian regimes introduced a new proposal at the World Conference on International Telecommunications on Friday that could dramatically extend the jurisdiction of the International Telecommunication Union over the Internet. read more