If the hat fits, wear it

In a good-natured response to a blog post accusing him of digital Bonapartism, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadi sent me a Christmas present, pictured above. We are forced to admit that with the proper attire, Bonapartism can be fun! But we still don't recommend it as a mode of Internet governance.

What really happened in Dubai?

When I stopped monitoring the WCIT process around 5:30 pm (CET) December 13, it appeared that the delegations were attempting to finalize something very close to a consensus document. The almost-final draft of the ITRs that I reviewed at that time did not mention the Internet by name at all...

ICANN still haunted by antitrust claims

ICANN has been confronted with a new set of lawsuits invoking antitrust law. One such lawsuit, from Youporn.com operator Manwin Licensing, targets the XXX domain. It claims that ICANN and ICM registry conspired to force it to pay too much for defensive registrations under .XXX and that ICM has monopolized...

Dissecting the strawman: ICANN’s 11th Hour Trademark policy negotiations

Guest blog Robin Gross, Chair of ICANN's Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) On November 15-16 2012, ICANN organized a meeting in Los Angeles to consider the implementation of the Trademark Clearinghouse for new top level domains. Pressure by trademark and business interests, however, expanded the scope of the meeting to consider...

#IGF12 Workshop on “Governing Identity on the Internet” Nov 8, 2012

From single-sign-on to federated systems to WHOIS data associated with Internet resources, countless individuals, business and government organizations have a stake in Internet identity information and its governance.  A workshop on “Governing Identity on the Internet” will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 11:00-12:30 (local Baku time) in Conference...