Domain Name Rights Coalition

[Kathy Kleiman @KleimK]

Hooray! My IP & Tech Clinic just tied for #1 in the country. News worth celebrating! Congratulations to Director Vicki Phillips @ipclinics, to @WCL_PIJIP and to @AUWCL!!

[Yale ISP - WIII @YaleISP_WIII]

Happy to present the latest paper from the WIII Program: "The New Cybersquatters: The Evolution of Trademark Enforcement in the Domain Name Space": https://t.co/GbpDufpocM

[PIJIP @WCL_PIJIP]

New Event - Feb 11 - The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry: The Conversation We Should Be Having - Fireside chat w. confirmed speakers: @SullivanISOC, @mitchstoltz, Benjamin Leff, & @MarcRotenberg - https://t.co/rlXagQuANG

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

Join the petition -- SaveDotOrg -- as an individual or organization!
https://t.co/fkWLwLqTDI

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

EFF and DNRC met with ICANN Board this week to seek corrections to new .ORG contract -- removal of domain name dispute rules which do not apply and deletion of private content rules which amount to censorship: https://t.co/QqkYRCfKWX

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

Together with the removal of price caps, these changes made .ORG ripe for a) sale and b) betrayal of the trust of its 10 million registrants -- which include civil society groups, NGOs, community services, aid groups and digital rights organizations.

[Yale ISP - WIII @YaleISP_WIII]

The Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information released a briefing note today expressing deep concern Uganda's requirement that citizens submit to a mandatory facial recognition database in order to access the Internet: https://t.co/PhckZ2Xes1

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

New from @M_Karanicolas, on public comment periods and ICANN's challenges meaningfully incorporating feedback: https://t.co/tf7cBA1r2v

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

Oh, hey - the US Patent & Trademark Office refused to recognize "THE" as a trademark.

Lucky thing it's still protected in ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse.

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

JUST IN: The US Patent & Trademark Office has issued an initial decision on Ohio State's attempt to trademark the word "THE." They have refused the application.

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

The EFF has lodged a formal request with ICANN’s Board to reconsider the new contract terms for .Org, and it's decision to ignore community feedback opposing the changes. God-speed: https://t.co/EcI02HJPeL

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission Wins Appeal in Lawsuit Against US DomainTools: https://t.co/AmlBdAaj2m

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

ICANN ignores upwards of 3,000 comments to remove price caps in the .org domain, and subject it to new trademark protection mechanisms: https://t.co/IlqKQKpTF2

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

So Amazon (the company!) was finally able to secure the “.amazon” domain extension, after a protracted legal battle with Latin American governments: https://t.co/VXwPZIoIPC

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

The global internet is disintegrating. What comes next https://t.co/tvj7Agas3D

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

The row over .Org's new proposed contract, including the decision to eliminate price caps, has broken through to the mainstream media: https://t.co/MMdHdDhfuo

[GNSO @ICANN_GNSO]

.@NCUC Constituency Day meeting is starting now @ 403 https://t.co/JdGkDjFfDZ #ICANN64 #ICANN #GNSO

[InternetGovLab @InternetGov]

Excited to partner with @WCL_PIJIP to offer "ICANN and the New Top-Level Domains" discussion & reception, Feb 25 1:30pm-5:30pm, about gTLD expansion & implications for IP rights & internet architecture. Join us: https://t.co/xgwNRVvM5d

[Kathy Kleiman @KleimK]

Come join us tomorrow in DC for a discussion of ICANN and New Top-Level Domains. Tx American University Washington College of Law @WCL_PIJIP for hosting! Important discussions on future IP & free speech protections! https://t.co/su9VEAkan7

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

Reporting from Krebs on Security suggests the Iranian government is behind this: https://t.co/7m6px6U3t4

[Domain Name Rights Coalition @DomainRights]

ICANN confirms that DNS attacks are ongoing and of “significant risk to key parts of the Domain Name System (DNS).” Calls for full DNS security deployment: https://t.co/qREX2k3cfO