Organisation: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Our new monthly column tracks trademark and related policy developments, and follows the progress of major bills, from around the world.

03 October 2022

The ability to enforce in the domain space has nosedived in the past few years, with new privacy laws restricting the availability of domain registrants’ personal data. Experts explain how rights holders can most effectively shape the future of the domain space.

29 September 2022

 This week’s Saturday opinion argues that it is in the interest of privacy to support actions geared toward weeding out bad actors in the DNS space.

10 September 2022

“There are potential significant global implications of the election for IP issues writ large,” a former senior US government official tells WTR.

31 August 2022

The new ‘.kids’ TLD is due to launch this week. Ahead of its sunrise period, WTR explores the opportunities and potential risks for brands interested in using the domain.

08 August 2022

A number of themes recur when speaking with Fredericks. One is the benefits that positive involvement in the wider ecosystem can accrue.

29 July 2022

Domain names has been a rapidly evolving space since inception and now with NFT domains and a second round of new gTLDs currently ramping up, it is more critical than ever to plan ahead. Chris Melka of Clarivate takes a deep dive into the most critical factors to consider.

21 July 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration has highlighted struggles obtaining responses from registries and registrars when seeking registrant data.

18 July 2022

One lobby group accuses the commission of attempting to “evergreen” GI rights.

06 July 2022

Requires collection, verification and sharing of accurate WHOIS data within GDPR context.

29 June 2022