ICANN reforms threaten voice of IP owners
18 May 2008
James Nurton, Berlin
IP owners risk losing influence within ICANN, the not-for-profit body that regulates Internet domain names, under contentious proposals now being considered to restructure the organization
The ICANN Board is expected to vote on the GNSO Improvement Report, which proposes to restructure the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), within the next few months. The GNSO is one of the three supporting organizations within ICANN and elects two members to ICANN’s 15-strong Board. It is the main body in which IP owners’ interests are represented.
The GNSO now has...
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