ICANN’s 2013 Nominating Committee (NomCom) will be attending the 46th ICANN Meeting in Beijing, China, (http://beijing46.icann.org/) and conduct a number of open meetings to provide detailed information to the community about the NomCom’s work and obtain input from the ICANN entities regarding desirable applicant qualities. The NomCom is actively seeking qualified candidates for the following …
Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum will this week convene for the first of a series of seminars exploring the twists and turns of the global Internet landscape. Organised by InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), the Parliamentary Internet Forum seminar on Wednesday will focus on ‘who controls the Internet’ with former ICANN Chair …
In an unprecedented turn of events, ICANN 47th Meeting has been scheduled for Durban South Africa. The meeting at the International Convention Centre has been announced alongside the 46th Beijing meeting. This becomes the 8th, meeting in Africa, the first ever was held in Cairo, Egypt in March 2000 the most recent was held in …
After posting objections for new gTLD application of .Cam and .Bom, claiming that they are confusingly similar to .Com., Verisign (VRSN) the company that operates the .Com registry is reported to have filed more objections that now include .Network, .Company and .Vet. Read more
PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 14, 2013 – UPPERHILL, Nairobi, Kenya — Mr. Buruchara’s has amassed an invaluable leadership experience in numerous innovation-focused governmental and private sector organizations and his extensive experience in emerging economies throughout his career, and it is hoped that he will bring this to bear positively on the work of the …
Intellectual Property Watch By Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced that its Trademark Clearinghouse database, through which rights holders can submit their eligible trademarks prior to and during ICANN’s launch of new domains, will start operating on 26 March. Any trademark holder, private person, or …
The ICANN Independent objector has concluded that he would not object to DotConnectAfrica’s .africa application. The IO may have also appeared to be overreaching his mandate predetermining DCA’s case before hand. In his response to the .africa, a gTLD that we have been following closely, the ICANN IO concluded he would not object to DCA’s application and …
11 March 2013: Chehadé Calls for an Increase in African Registrars Addis Ababa, Ethiopia… The President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said he is moving ahead immediately with plans to have six new ICANN representatives on the African continent. “ICANN used to say if you want to participate in Internet …
Absence may be attributed to the AU bypassing Ethiopian immigration protocol without declaring itself as the host of the event officially and providing behind the scene logistical accommodation for ICANN and participants. ICANN participated with the regional IG community in two important events in March 2013. These events were attended by regional stakeholders from government, the private sector and civil society. The …
Last week, the Arab Internet community came together to discuss Internet governance issues and priorities related to the region. The Arab Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting took place in Dubai as part of the Arab IGF open consultations. The meeting, hosted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates brought together over 100 …