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ICANN Releases Second Draft of New gTLD Applicant Guidebook

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

A second draft of ICANN’s new generic Top-Level Domains Applicant Guidebook has been released. In addition to the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN has also published a Summary/Analysis of Public Comments. Based upon our preliminary evaluation of these documents, it appears as though ICANN has amended and clarified several issues including: The dispute resolution policy ...

Protecting Online Identities in the World of Web 2.0

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

The inherent openness and anonymity of the Internet are creating unprecedented challenges for corporations. With the dramatic growth in online social media sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook, companies are now faced with the challenge of managing their identities in the world of Web 2.0.  All of the major social ...

New Schedule for gTLDs

Monday, February 9th, 2009

  Last week, brand rights holders and organizations that represent them met with ICANN officials in Washington DC to discuss a host of policy and compliance issues including the status of the rollout of IDNs and the introduction of new Global Top-Level Domains (gTLDs).  In these meetings ICANN staff updated the ...