From ICANN’s guidebook Module 3,”ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee was formed to consider and provide advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN’s policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues.” It continues to …
ICANN concluded its 46th meeting held in Beijing China last week, some of the highlights of the meeting as per the announcements is that it was one of the largest meetings ever. However aside from the normal attendance this was also set as a platform for the much awaited GAC advice on applications that were …
MANILA, Philippines – More than a hundred domain names claiming to be possible charitable website for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings surfaced on the net hours after the deadly attack. TheDomains.com (http://www.thedomains.com/) said that at least 125 domain names related to the Boston Marathon bombing have been created. It said the “registered domains” …
DCA’s application for .Africa new gTLD received an ICANN GAC Policy Advice Objection which the organization hopes to resolve by following the due process provisions within the ICANN new gTLD Program. ICANN 46 Beijing International Meeting PRLog (Press Release) – Apr. 17, 2013 – The DotConnectAfrica Trust delegation led by its Executive Director/CEO, Ms. Bekele …
ICANN new gTLD’s gave the International Center for Despute Resolutions to deal with the string confusion objections According to the DRSP, The ICDR will constitute panels of independent experts to hear and provide expert determinations of disputes arising from objections to gTLDs (based on String Confusion only) for which applications have been submitted. The ICDR will …
In line with the New gTLD Dispute Resolution Procedure, ICC has published below a list of all the registered Objections filed with the ICC International Centre for Expertise. According to ICANN, International Chamber of Commerce will deal with the following cases, Limited Public Interest Objections String contradicts generally accepted legal norms of morality and public …
The total number of registered domain names passed 250 million in the last quarter of 2012, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. More than 6 million domain names were registered in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the total to 252 million worldwide. The basic .com domains, of course, make up the majority …
Duncan Burns to Guide Rapidly Expanding Communications Efforts Beijing, China… The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that Duncan Burns has been named as the organization’s Vice President of Global Communications. Burns is leaving Hill+Knowlton Strategies in Washington, D.C. to lead ICANN’s rapidly expanding global communications team. “Duncan has the international …
Beijing, China… ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé announced today that the organization will open its first new global engagement office in Beijing. “Engagement with China is not merely an option, we simply must engage at every level or we will lose our legitimacy,” said Chehadé. “This is part of our effort to …
By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Multilingualism not only expands cultural horizons but also provides a tool for innovation, speakers gathered at an international roundtable yesterday said. However, language uniformity is a tempting road taken by many – often for cost-related reasons – while multilingualism should be promoted as a factor in development, they said. …