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When the Internet Has a Party, Everyone's Invited: IP Law Issues at the Internet Governance Forum 2013

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 cybersecurity expert; an Indonesian LGBT activist or Pakistani digital rights advocate; or someone at some intersection of civil society, government, business, academia, law, technology, or […]

Canadian Objection to proposed .mls domain .rejected

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 by Afilias Limited. While the WIPO Panel acknowledged that while the Association possesses a valid legal right to the term "MLS", they found it was […]

.shut-out for Legal Rights Objections in New gTLD Registrations

.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 there are still over 50 Objections yet to be decided, the rejection of all the objections so far have some commentators beginning to question the effectiveness of the process.

Online Gripesites and ICANN’s new GTLD Process

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 kindly to being criticized, and they have invented a variety of ways to try to suppress the speech of their adversaries. -          The Public Citizen[1]

ICANN 45: gTLD System Put to the Test

ICANN 45: gTLD System Put to the Test

The issues surrounding new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will be the focus of ICANN 45; the last meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) scheduled for 2012. The meeting will be held in Toronto from October 13 to October 19.

When Porn Tycoons Meet Internet Sultans: the Triple-X Saga

When Porn Tycoons Meet Internet Sultans: the Triple-X Saga

Luca Belli is a PhD candidate at Panthéon-Assas University (PRES Sorbonne Universités), Paris, and a member of the Steering Committee at MediaLaws, www.medialaws.eu. The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. In 2000, the young Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decided to […]