Archive for March, 2007
Internationalized Domain Names – Successful Testing
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it has successfully completed laboratory testing of internationalized domain names (IDNs). Currently, domain names use numbers and letters (and the hyphen) from the Latin alphabet. The languages in many countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia use non-Latin characters, such as Chinese and [...]
Olympic Trademark Legislation
The Canadian government has now come forward with new legislation to prevent unauthorized persons from marketing their wares and services in association the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. As noted in an earlier blog, similar legislation has been introduced prior to other Games, including legislation introduced by Italy prior to the 2006 Turin Winter [...]
Access To WHOIS Information To Be Restricted?
A story on law.com today states that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which controls the registries for domain names with the popular .com, .net and .org top level domain extensions, will likely be voting in September on a proposal to limit the public availability of WHOIS information. This proposal has sparked [...]
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