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When the Internet Has a Party, Everyone's Invited: IP Law Issues at the Internet Governance Forum 2013
There is a little-known place in the world where you can approach absolutely anyone—a Brazilian federal minister or WIPO legal officer; a policy manager at Google or the world’s leading…
Canadian Objection to proposed .mls domain .rejected
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has rejected the Legal Rights Objection (LRO) of the Canadian Real Estate Association of Ottawa to the registration of the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .mls…
.shut-out for Legal Rights Objections in New gTLD Registrations
As of July 25th, WIPO has rejected all of the first 14 Legal Rights Objections (LRO) filed in response to applications for the registration of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). While…
Online Gripesites and ICANN’s new GTLD Process
A “gripe site” is a web site established to criticize an institution such as a corporation, union, government body, or political figure. Not surprisingly, powerful institutions often do not take…
Bonsai This Is Not: ICANN and the Internet Governance Landscape
Internet Governance may be one of the most understated, under-recognized issues today, relative to its impact on Internet-using society as we know it. And as far as landscapes go, the…