As the Internet blossomed from a small community of users to a global phenomenon in the mid-1990s, the governance of the domain name system underwent a similarly dramatic change.
Vint Cerf at ICANN by Veni (CC BY 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/3KWko9
Internet Governance
Domain Dispute Bias Goes From Bad to Worse
An update to a controversial 2001 study that questioned the fairness of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers' domain name dispute-resolution policy suggests that things have gone from bad to worse.
Brands, Free Speech Clash Over Domains
Although most domain name disputes are primarily a matter of trademark law, recent experience suggests that cases are increasingly moving beyond issues of trademarks toward fundamental questions of freedom of speech.
Keynote Address
Domain Names: A New Frontier for Disputes, Advocates’ Society Litigation Meets the Internet, Toronto
Fair.com? An Examination of the Allegations of Systemic Unfairness in the ICANN UDRP
The issue of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law, containing Fair.com? An Examination of the Allegations of Systemic Unfairness in the ICANN UDRP, is available to download for free, volume 27, issue 3 (2002). The article runs from page 903-38.
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