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• Director General Wraps up Official Visit to Japan
  
• International Patent Filings Dip in 2009 amid Global Economic Downturn
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• Workshop Focuses on Improving Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
  (Interview with VOA News - in French)
• Global Congress Secretariat – Job Description
  - The Global Congress on Counterfeiting and Piracy is looking for an independent, dynamic and motivated individual as from March 2010 to coordinate pr…
• WIPO Pledges Support for Viet Nam
  
• WIPO Summer Schools on IP
  - WIPO’s Summer Schools, held in several locations worldwide, provide students and young professionals with a deeper knowledge of all areas of IP.
• PCT Billing Scam Stopped by Florida Attorney General
  
• SCCR Commits to Improving Access by Visually Impaired to Copyright-Protected Works
  
• WIPO Outlines How It Can Help Meet the Challenges of Climate Change
  
• IGC Resumes Substantive Work
  

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cybersquatting.com

• Soctch Tape Sticks Cybersquatter
  The 3M Company recently succeeded in a cybersquatting arbitration to recover the domain name www.scotchtape.info. The 3M Company owns a federal tradem…
• Tyson Foods Pecks At Cybersquatter
  Tyson Foods recently won an domain name dispute proceeding and recovered the domain name www.tysonsfoodsinc.com. The domain name panel first examined…
• ESPN v. Cybersquatter
  ESPN, Inc. recently triumphed in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.espnla.com. The cybersquatting panel first found that ESPN had…
• Burger King Broils Cybersquatter
  Burger King Corp. recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.burgerkingdelivered.com. The cybersquatting panel found…
• AOL Knows How To Get To Cybersquatter
  AOL Inc. recently recovered the domain names www.mapquet.com and www.mpquest.com in a cybersquatting action. The panel found that AOL had numerous tra…
• Astros Swing at Cybersquatter
  The Houston Astros Baseball Club recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.astrosbaseball.com. The cybersquatting p…
• Taco Bell Crunches On Cyersquatter
  Taco Bell recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.tacobelldiet.com. The cybersquatting panel found that Taco Bell…
• Baylor U. Goes After Cybersquatter
  Baylor University recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.bayloruniversity.com. The cybersquatting panel first fo…
• Kate Hudson Goes After Domain Name
  Celebrity Kate Hudson, the daughter of TV and film legend Goldie Hawn, recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.ka…
• Sears Recovers Domain Name
  Sears Brands, LLC recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action and recovered the domain name www.searsautocenter.com. The cybersquatting panel found…

• The Knot Ties Down Cybersquatter
  The Knot, Inc. recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.thenkot.com. The cybersquatting panel found that The Knot…
• Mary Kay & Cybersquatting
  Mary Kay Inc. recently recovered the domain name mayrkay.com from a cybersquatter. The cybersquqatting panel found that Mary Kay had a number of feder…
• Michelin Rolls Over Cybersquatter
  Michelin North America, Inc. recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.michelintires.org. The cybersquatting panel…
• Steffi Graf Swings At Cybersquatter
  Tennis legend Steffi Graf recently suceeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.steffigraf.info. The panel found that Graf had e…
• Major Law Firm Cybersquatted
  The major law firm, Greenberg Traurig, recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.greenbergtraurigharassment.com. Th…
• I Couldn't Have Been A Contender
  A cybersquatting panel recently ruled against Contender Boats, Inc. finding that the domain name www.contender.com was not cybersquatted. Contender Bo…
• Mondavi Succeeds In Cybersquatting Action
  Constellation Brands Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Robert Mondavi Winery recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain na…
• Deere Mows Over Cybersquatter
  Deere & Co. recently succeeded in a cybersquatting action to recover the domain name www.johndeer.com. The cybersquatting panel found that Deere & Co.…
• Cybersequatting Covers Russian Brides
  In an extension of the cybersquatting rules to less common product and service areas, a cybersquatting panel recently found that the domain name www.h…
• Lexis Nexis & Cybersquatting
  Reed Elsevier Inc., the owner of the Lexis Nexis database and computer research applications, recently won a cybersquatting action and recovered the d…

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• Cybersquatting The Tiger Woods' Name
  Of course, with all the interest in Tiger Woods and his alleged affairs, cybersquatting the Tiger Woods brand has become even more rampant. Check out…
• Cybersquatting Tiger Woods' Alleged Girlfriends' Names
  Domain speculators and ad words aficionados have started the process of cybersquatting the alleged other women in Tiger Woods' life. Here are the cybe…
• Insure.com Domain Name Sells For $16 Million To QuinStreet
  Domain News reports that Insure.com has sold for $16 million to QuinStreet. QuinStreet is a vertical media and online marketing company located in Fos…
• Cybersquatting Hotel and Resort Trademark Protected Names
  Our cybersquatting attorneys represent one of the largest premium resort chains in South America and have been in litigation on cybersquatting claims…
• Fight Over .eco Top Level Domain Name Between Big Room and Dot Eco Heats Up
  The fight over the new .eco top-level domain name suffix has increased over the last few weeks. Dot Eco, a group supported by such environmental heavy…
• Cybersquatting Continues To Be The # 1 Method By Which Consumer Fraud Is Perpetrated
  According to Markmonitor, cybersquatting continues to be the preferred method of online fraud. Linking a website with a major name brand or trademark,…
• Eric Goldman Interview: Domain Name Exceptionalism - Is Special Treatment Warranted (Part 2)
  Eric Goldman is an Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also directs the school's High Tech Law Institute. Before jo…
• Professor Eric Goldman on Domain Name Exceptionalism - Is Special Treatment Warranted? (Part 1)
  Eric Goldman is an Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also directs the school's High Tech Law Institute. Before jo…
• Handling Trademark Challenges in an Online World
  Get the latest information on trademark issues implicated in the launching of online advertising campaigns, including the purchase of keywords, buying…
• Cybersquatting American International Group
  DomainFight.net reports the following Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Proceedings brought by American International Group, Inc. (AIG), o…

• Domain Name Dispute Update: Cybersquatting Trademark Protected .net Domain Names
  A search of the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy decisions by WIPO and NAF of .net domains reveals the following results. It is no surpri…
• Pluto Domain Services Found To Have Engaged In a Pattern of Bad Faith Cybersquatting
  Domainfight.net provides the following returns for “Pluto Domain Services” as a respondent in UDRP arbitrations. There is no question that Pluto D…
• Domainers Take A Stand Against Cybersquatting: Rick Schwartz’s Silicon Valley TRAFFIC Show Will Focus on Eliminating Cybersquatters from the Community.
  There was time when cybersquatting was pursued vigor as business model. After trademark attorneys and their clients turned up the heat, attitudes chan…
• Cybersquatting the Microsoft Brand: Getting Tough on Trademark Infringement
  There has been significant commentary recently on bulletin boards and within the domainer community about Microsoft Corporation's stepped-up online br…
• DOMAINfest Opening Remarks by Oversee President Jeff Kupietzky About the Opportunities in a Down Domain Name Market
  Are you wondering what Oversee's President Jeff Kupietzky's thinks the opportunities are in this down domain name market? Here is a audio clip of his…
• Domain Name Disputes Handled By WIPO Continue To Rise
  DN Journal just noted that WIPO disputes have continued to increase over the past five years, linking to an article at pingdom.com. Pingdom notes that…
• Jeff Reynolds at BoycottKentucky.com Explains How Kentucky Has Created Dangerous Precedent
  Vertiospotlight Play Show With expert Jeff Reynolds of Boycott Kentucky Show Sponsor Traverse Legal, PLC Transcript Page Leave a comment Download Podc…
• What’s In a Name? More and More, a Number: Numeric Value Trend Continues To Explode
  The Wall Street Journal has very interesting article on the value of numeric domain names titled What’s In a Name? More and More, a Number Despite L…
• Domain Name Dispute Update: Should Complainants in UDRP Proceedings be required to Provide Certified Notice of Other Legal Proceedings Related to Their Trademark Claims
  The recent Chillibeans.com panel decision raises some interesting questions. Not apparent in the decision is the fact that the trademark alleged by th…
• The Parking Page Dilemma: Frank Schilling loses chillibeans.com domain under UDRP
  There has been some commentary about the recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) decision against white hat domainer Frank Schilli…
• Have You Implemented a Domain Name Strategy? What Every Business and IP Owner Should Know
  Have you implemented a domain name strategy? Many established businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups fail to account for their use of domain names i…
• .CM ccTLD Sunrise Period is Over; Tradmark Holders Should Still Consider Defensive Pre-Registrations of .CM Second-Level Domain Names
  Registrations for second-level .cm country code top-level domain names (ccTLD) are now in full swing. These second-level ccTLDs include .com.cm, .net.…
• New .tel Top Level Domain Names Are Open to Registration Soon; Trademark Holders Should Consider Defensive Registrations
  Trademark holders will soon be given an opportunity to register their business contact information when the new .tel top-level domain sunset registrat…
• Introducing DomainFight.net: The World's First UDRP Search Engine
  Did you ever want to search both WIPO and NAF cybersquatting decisions without having to access each provider's UDRP search tools? DomainFight.net sol…
• When Web Developers Hold Your Domain Name Ransom
  Domain Name Wire has a great article titled Web Designers Holding Domain Names Hostage. This is an issue our domain name dispute lawyers see all the t…
• Frager Creative Group: The Best Domain Names Are De Facto Advertising: An Interview with the Dynamic Owen Frager
  Traverse Legal is proud to sponsor the radio interview of Owen Frager, the Chief Innovation Officer of the Frager Creative Group (pdf) & author of the…
• Who spent $3,200 for the domain and developed web site DNHour.com & why? We know the answer ....
  A company called USpeakWeType Technologies purchased dnhour.com from Koay Al Vin for $3,200 at the SEDO auction which concluded two weeks ago. USpeak…
• Domain Name Owners Beware: The State of Kentucky Attempts to Seize Domain Names That Lead to Gambling Websites
  A Circuit Court judge in Kentucky ordered the transfer of 141 domain names to the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the registrant owners that use the dom…
• Cybersquatting on Domain Names Following Mass Tort Accidents
  As if the tragedy were not enough for the responsible party, it appears cybersquatters immediately prey upon the publicity that surrounds a mass accid…
• Use of Privacy Services By PPC Advertisers Supports Finding of Bad Faith Cybersquatting
  UDRP Decision Discusses Privacy Services and Bad Faith « The Legal Satyricon The majority of the Panel also finds that the use of a privacy shield in…
• Napster Teaches Us That Cybersquatting Can Best Be Fought By The Domainer Community
  Alex Tajirian has an interesting post on CircleID about an issue which is getting lots of attention over the last 24 hours. Andrew Allemann wrote an e…
• Do Domainers Deserve Their Reputation As Cybersquatters Because They Fail To Police Their Own?
  Domain Name Wire has a great post noting that Domainers often want to have it both ways. They 'cry foul' about the fact that many people see the busin…
• The Associate Editor at PC Magazine Believes All Domainers Are Cybersquatters.
  This piece recently aired at MSNBC, which included quotes from Kyle Monson from PC Magazine. Web domain taken? Sowhatsleft.com? Mr. Moson essentially…
• Domains Are Stolen Each and Every Day: What Would Happen to your Company if You Lost Control Of Your Domain Name Tomorrow?
  Interview With trendicator: YXL.COM Stolen and Recovered | Domain Magnate - What is your advice to other domainers to prevent having they names stolen…
• "Low Value" Domain Parking Pages Results In Another Lawsuit Against Google By Advertisers
  Parking pages remain under attack from advertisers as another lawsuit is filed against Google by one of its AdWords advertisers. It is unclear why thi…
• Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision Under the UDRP: What Was The Attorney Thinking?
  A recent reverse domain hijacking decision in Collective Media, Inc. v. CKV / COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM is interesting to any lawyer who practices domain di…
• Domainer Spends $90k For Trademark Protected Domain Toyota.me
  It surprises many domain name dispute lawyers that some domainers still purchase domains which are so trademark protected that is is hard to imagine h…
• Domain Parking Pages to Be Excluded From Google's Advertising Network?
  The following news story has been posted without confirmation. Even so, how long will it be before Google and Yahoo eliminate certain domains from its…
• Is Navigation Catalyst a Typical Domainer? All Domainers are not Cybersquatters.
  Eric Goldman at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog has a post about the recent ACPA injunction entered against Navigation Catalyst and registrar Basi…
• Legal Practice Tips: How to Sell your Domain Name and Web Content
  Many business people would be surprised to learn that there is something akin to a ‘securities” aftermarket for domain names. Investment groups ar…
• Click Fraud and Domainers: Legitimacy of Parked Pages Under Attack Again
  Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge: Click Fraud, Botnets and Parked Domains - All Inclusive Click Forensics's rece…
• auDRP - Dispute Resolution Policies for the .au domain extenstion
  auDA > auDRP > auDRP Providers auDA does not handle auDRP complaints. Complaints under the policy may be submitted to any auDA approved dispute resolu…
• LinkedIn's New Purchase of .au ccTLD Shows Increase In Australian TLD Popularity
  Builder.au reports that LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, has joined an increasing number of companies that have sought to regis…
• Domain Name Return On Investment: Your Time Is Worth Something Too
  Our friend Sahar Sarid over at Conceptualist.com has a great post about valuing a domain name. Sahar points out that the sale price of a domain name s…
• Hobbits v. Hobbitts: Generic Mark Argument Won't Prevent Panel From Seeing Pay Per Click Parking as Bad Faith
  Seemingly generic domain names can often turn into a trademark nightmare when used in combination with pay per click parking pages. A recent proceedin…
• The Three Views of Trademark Cybersquatting
  We all know the formal definition of cybersquatting under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Anticybersquatting Consumer…
• Narnia Dad defends his domain name registration of Narnia.mobi as good faith registration
  Cybersquatting in Narnia | click to remove In September of 2006 Richard Saville-Smith paid 70 pounds for the domain Narnia.mobi. He hoped to save the…
• The Ultimate Geodomain Portal
  Geodomains are all the buzz. But of course, everyone’s talking about how to get great content on their geodomain. One of my good friends, Andy McFar…
• Excluding Keyword Categories From Your Parked Pages In Order To Avoid Cybersquatting Violations
  Parking companies are handcuffed in many ways by their relationship with Google and Yahoo, who essentially control the framework by which ads are show…
• Internet Hackers Gain Access to Comcast's Domain Name Management Console
  Last week, computer hackers gained access and control of Comcast’s domain management system hosted by Network Solutions. The hackers took control ov…

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• Creditor Can Execute Against Domain Name Where Registry is Located: Office Depot v. Zuccarini
  The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling in Office Depot v. Zuccarini [Scribd link], agreeing that a creditor may levy against a domain…
• German High Court Says No to Retaining Telecom, Email Data for Tracking Criminal Networks
  The highest court in Germany has ruled against telephone and email data retention used to track criminal networks. Melissa Eddy of the Global and Mail…
• European ACTA Document Leaks With New Details on Mexico Talks and Future Meetings
  A brief report from the European Commission authored by Pedro Velasco Martins (an EU negotiator) on the most recent round of ACTA negotiations in Guad…
• Measuring Typosquatting Perpetrators and Funders
  Co-authored by Tyler Moore, at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Benjamin Edelman, at Harvard Business School. For more than a de…
• IMP Continuing Despite Industry Backlash
  Back in November 2008 a colleague of mine, Neil Watson (Head of Operations at Entanet International Ltd), published an article on Entanet's opinion bl…
• Registration of Generic Names: Advocate General's Opinion Before the Court of Justice of the EU
  One of the most debated questions at the time of the opening of the .eu Top-Level Domain (TLD) was whether or not it was possible to register names on…
• "Internet Drivers License" - A Short History Lesson
  The press, the blogosphere, CircleID - everybody has been discussing Craig Mundie's comment on the need for an Internet Driver's License. Most of the…
• FCC's Genachowski Promises He's Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media
  Co-authored by Berin Szoka & Adam Thierer We learned from The Wall Street Journal yesterday that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Gen…
• Google Dumps Illicit Pharmacy Advertisements
  Garth Bruen writes: Within the next few weeks Google plans to update its pharmacy policy which will restrict pharmacy advertisements. Once in effect,…
• Tips to Protect Your Brand in the New Domain Name Marketplace
  Over time, people have grown accustomed to most Web site addresses ending in .com, .edu or .gov. Yet a proposed expansion of the generic top-level dom…

• ACTA Moving Forward in "Secrecy"
  Reported in the Financial Times: Persistent illegal downloaders face having their internet links disconnected under a secret trade deal being negotiat…
• Should a Domain Name Registrar Run from a PO Box?
  In 2008 KnujOn published a report indicating that 70 ICANN accredited Registrars had no publicly disclosed business location. The fundamental problem…
• Big Brands Shooting Themselves In The Foot?
  One of the topics that keeps coming up in ICANN policy discussions and as part of the new TLD application process is transparency. ICANN, and the inte…
• One More Reason to Avoid Diet Drug Fakes: They're Dangerous
  Garth Bruen writes: The Food and Drug Administration is reporting that some people have gotten fake Alli that contained twice the recommended dose of…
• Comcast and e360 Settle Lawsuit
  e360 initially filed suit against Comcast early in 2008. They asserted a number of things, including that Comcast was fraudulently returning user unkn…

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ip-watch.org

• ITU: ICT Regulation Can Be Economic Stimulus
  The United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today released an annual report on information and communications technologies that pro…
• Google, ITU Address Policies Of Global Internet Freedom
  A representative of Google and of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union today spoke of internet freedom in repressive regimes and c…
• FAO Conference Draws Ire From Civil Society; Industry Satisfied By Event
  A recent UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference on the benefits of agricultural biotechnologies in Guadalajara, Mexico, sparked strong…
• Electronics Manufacturers Use US Legal System to Thwart Hardware ‘Hacks’
  Electronics manufacturers are taking legal action against users in the United States who communicate how to unlock or “hack” hardware devices. How…
• Global Fund Reports On Progress Toward UN Health Goals
  The United Nations goal of eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS is within reach, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malar…
• Brazil Issues US Retaliation List; Open To Talk
  Today the Brazilian government published a list of US goods that will be subject to higher import taxes when entering Brazil, according to a press rel…
• Submissions To US Unilateral IP Enforcement Process Highlight Piracy, Health, and ACTA
  Submissions to the United States annual review of how well it says the rest of the world is protecting US intellectual property are being assessed thi…
• WTO GIs Group Continues Work On Topic “Clusters”
  The World Trade Organization group tasked with negotiating an international register for geographical indications (product names associated with a par…
• New Senate Patent Reform Bill Details Released
  United States Senate Judiciary Committee bipartisan leaders today released details of much-anticipated compromise legislation aimed at reform of US pa…
• EFF, 7,000 Petitioners Urge FCC To Protect Net Neutrality
  The Electronic Frontier Foundation yesterday submitted a petition to the United States Federal Communications Commission demanding the FCC fill a loop…

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wired.com

• Supreme Court Takes ‘Informational Privacy’ Case
  The U.S. Supreme Court is agreeing to decide how much personal information the federal bureaucracy may acquire on its workers. The justices, without c…
• Lifelock Dinged $12 Million for Deceptive Business Practices
  The CEO of Lifelock, Todd Davis, became famous for advertising his Social Security number on television ads and billboards promising his $10 monthly s…
• Pink Floyd, EMI Brawl Over iTunes Royalties
  Pink Floyd and its label, EMI, are battling over online royalties stemming from a contested clause in their decade-old contract. The developer of The…
• Feds Move to Break Voting-Machine Monopoly
  Citing anti-competitive concerns, the Justice Department sued Election Systems & Software in order to force the company to divest itself of the voting…
• Funeral Flap: Justices Weigh Religion, Speech Rights
  The Supreme Court agreed Monday to delve into the sensitive question of whether the First Amendment protects anti-gay protesters carrying placards out…
• 11 More U.S. Airports Get Body Scanners
  Transportation officials announced Friday 11 more United States airports will begin receiving full-body imaging machines “By accelerating the deploy…
• White House Cyber Czar: ‘There Is No Cyberwar’
  Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama administration, has a short answer for the drumbeat of rhetoric claiming the United States is…
• Security Pros Question Deployment of Smart Meters
  The country’s swift deployment of smart-grid technology has security professionals concerned that utilities and smart-meter vendors are repeating th…
• DMCA Muscle Kills DVD Copying, for Real
  Those awaiting a legitimate method to duplicate DVDs for personal use will likely have to wait even longer, perhaps forever, after RealNetworks tossed…
• ‘Google’ Hackers Had Ability to Alter Source Code
  Hackers who breached Google and other companies in January targeted source-code management systems, security firm McAfee asserted Wednesday. They mani…

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cadna.org

• CADNA Hosts Policy Forum to Discuss Online Challenges of 2010
  WASHINGTON, February 1, 2010 – The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA), global brand owners, academics, and government representatives exami…
• CADNA Congratulates President Obama for Selecting Mr. Schmidt as Chief of Cybersecurity
  WASHINGTON, December 22, 2009--The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) enthusiastically supports President Obama’s selection of Mr. Howard A…
• CADNA Releases Letter of Support for the Utah E-Commerce Integrity Act
  WASHINGTON, December 16, 2009 - The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) strongly urges the Utah state legislature to pass the Utah E-Commerce…
• CADNA Supports Greater Global Accessibility, Urges Caution
  WASHINGTON, November 17, 2009—The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) supports enhancing the ability of users to navigate the Web in their o…
• CADNA Supports Delay in gTLD Expansion and Favors an Independent Review
  WASHINGTON, November 4, 2009-- The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pleased to see that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and…
• CADNA Supports ICANN’s Initiative to Examine gTLD WHOIS Policy and Hopes for Results
  WASHINGTON, October 30, 2009--The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) supports ICANN’s initiative to examine gTLD WHOIS policy. CADNA’s To…
• CADNA Asserts That The ICANN Affirmation of Commitments Falls Short
  WASHINGTON, September 30, 2009-- The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) regards the new Affirmation of Commitments (AOC) agreement between th…
• CADNA Calls for Full-Scale Audit of ICANN
  WASHINGTON, September 22, 2009—With just over a week left before the expiration of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the Internet Corporatio…
• Boucher's Hearing on ICANN Governance Spurs Private Sector Call to Arms
  Carlson Joins CADNA to Help Promote ICANN Reform WASHINGTON, June 10, 2009--The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pleased to announce the…
• CADNA Applauds Chairman Boucher's Examination of ICANN Practices and Policies
  WASHINGTON, June 4, 2009-- The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pleased with the overall support for reviewing the Internet Corporation…