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ICANN, Internet and the future

ICANN, Internet and the future. Philip Sheppard, AIM - European Brands Association Names Council ICANN. ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Numbers - interest to technocrats Names - of interest to Intellectual Property (IP). Self-regulation - the players.

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ICANN, Internet and the future

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  1. ICANN, Internet and the future Philip Sheppard, AIM - European Brands Association Names Council ICANN

  2. ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers • Numbers - interest to technocrats • Names - of interest to Intellectual Property (IP)

  3. Self-regulation - the players • Pipes and wires of the Internet • global registries, country registries, registrars, Internet Service Providers • Net users • business, non-commercial, intellectual property

  4. Key IP issues • Domain names and the potential for cybersquatting • So, need for accurate information (WHOIS) • So, need for dispute resolution (UDRP) • So, need for care in new domain names

  5. ICANN reform • After four years, time to review the structures and process • Agreed in Shanghai, November 2002 • new by-laws • slimmer Board, some chosen by a nominating committee • new policy process • separation of generics and country-names

  6. New policy issues • Transfers and deletes of domain names- restrictive practices • Improving WHOIS data • Improving the UDRP • Internationalised domain names • New top-level domain names (gTLDs)

  7. New names - polarised debate • IP advocates shocked from .com cybersquating • Non-comms (freedom to name advocates) shocked from losing domains

  8. Common ground • IP objective =consumer confidence IP strategy = IPR priority • Non-comm objective = fair use Non-comms strategy = limit IPR priority Same objective from perspective of net user  Findability

  9. Proposal for differentiated names • .com, .info are unrestricted, unsponsored • .museum, .aero are restricted/sponsored • restricted to a set of users • sponsored by an enforcement body • Business wants all new names to be: • restricted/sponsored • subject to six principles

  10. Creating clarity - principles 1.Differentiation – a gTLD must be clearly differentiated from all other gTLDs. 2.Certainty – a gTLD must give the user confidence that it stands for what it purports to stand for. 3.Honesty – a gTLD must avoid increasing opportunities for bad faith entities who wish to defraud users.

  11. Domain name principles 4. Competition – a gTLD must create value-added competition. 5. Diversity – a gTLD must serve commercial or non-commercial users. 6. Meaning – a gTLD must have meaning to its relevant population of users.

  12. A directory of names • Restricted / sponsored and these six principles creates a taxonomy or directory for the domain name system. • Solves 3 IP issues: • No possibility to cyber squat • No need/ability to defensively register • Accurate WHOIS

  13. Business needs YOU! Business Constituency of DNSO • 40 members, but 40,000 outreach • Join now Look at www.bizconst.org

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