Domains
ICANN: New site online - and new sites on-side
This week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched a reformatted website that will help its users and associates to keep better track of its policies, procedures and d....  »
ICANN to debate 'Whois' issues
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is poised to hold discussions next week on the future of ‘Whois’ records –  data revealing the owners of domain names....  »
RegisterFly: the final swat
In a dramatic finale to news previously reported on IP Review Online (click here and here), the ICANN has withdrawn Accreditation from the failing domains firm, RegisterFly, for prolonged systemic f....  »
Study reveals online trouble spots
It emerged on 14 March that a detailed study of 265 top-level domains (TLDs) has shown that 4.1% of all websites can expose users’ terminals to a range of risks....  »
Web's weaver takes open message to Congress
It was reported on 2 March that Tim Berners-Lee – founding father of the World Wide Web – took the previous day to explain to US Congress his views on open software systems in relation to the in....  »
RegisterFly fallout chills ICANN relations
Troubled web services firm, RegisterFly, may lose ICANN accreditation in the wake of internal wrangling which locked two million domains, it emerged on 27 February....  »
US Forum speaks out on 06 web standoffs
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Domains panic blamed on partnership strife
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A strategy for enforcement
Many businesses faced with the violation of a domain right automatically resort to the UDRP or an equivalent. However, there are often more cost-effective methods of resolving domain name issues, as....  »
Championing the web
Domain names may be big business, but how can you be sure you’re fully exploiting the potential of the Internet? Stewart Tyson, head of IP at Royal Mail, explains how the group developed a more st....  »