Domain Name Disputes ICANN

WIPO / ICANN Adjudication for Domain Name Disputes WIPO / ICANN Adjudication – After a great deal of hue and cry, the US government asked the World IP Organization (WIPO) to come up with a way to regulate internet domain name disputes. After much debate, the idea of a non-profit corporation with a mandate to regulate domain names came about.  This corporation was called ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers. ICANN has steadily shed any pretense at oversight or external control.  The US Department of Commerce has repeatedly given it more power and less oversight.  In October, 1999, ICANN… Read More