On Trademarks and Brands Online, a look at how ICANN's new gTLD program is shaking up the registry and registrar market. Continue reading "Vertical integration: recalibrating the domain name market" [...] Continue reading →

Going to the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance happening in Brazil on April 23 and 24? Not going but planning to remote participate through one of the regional hubs that have been set up? Here's the latest tentative agenda for the meeting. Continue reading "NetMundial [...] Continue reading →

Emily Taylor, ex Nominet employee and outspoken critic of the UK's national registry, has published an open letter calling on Nominet's top registrars to ensure the registry's Board is operating in a way that protects the public interest. Continue reading "Nominet critic calls for governance transparency" [...] Continue reading →

The article reproduced below was published in Digital Journal here. Starting Dot Launches Two New Extensions: .ARCHI and .BIO. Stéphane Van Gelder joins the Strategy Committee. Starting Dot, a start-up created in 2011, is one of the first European firms to enter the new extensions for domain names [...] Continue reading →

January 2014. The first registry contracts have been signed. The first Sunrise priority registration periods have been opened. The new gTLD program is well on the way. So maybe now, at last, we can start to find out the real costs of opening up the Internet root? And how [...] Continue reading →

The Internet Society (ISOC) has named Kathy Brown as its new CEO, taking over from Lynn St. Amour on January 1 and be based at ISOC's Reston office (Virginia).This from the ISOC information email on the nomination:Kathy joins the Internet Society from global strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group, where she was a [...] Continue reading →

The moniker may seem a little pompous, but the subject matter couldn't be more serious for all Internet users. The "High-Level Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms" had its first meeting in London last week. "The world relies on the Internet for economic, social, and political progress," said [...] Continue reading →