Internet law

In addition to representing the domain industry at every ICANN meeting held in 2009, as well as in the halls of Congress and other decision centers, ICA –

* Filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that helped reverse a lower court ruling, and revived CFIT’s lawsuit against VeriSign’s sweetheart contract that allows unjustified increases in .com pricing.

* Filed a brief with the Kentucky Supreme Court to uphold its quashing of the Governor’s outrageous attempt to seize domains as “gambling devices”.

* Spoken out within ICANN to successfully stop governments from gaining unwarranted control over geo-names at the second level of new TLDs.

Looking ahead, 2010 will bring new and unanticipated challenges – and opportunities:

* While succeeded in quashing the Snowe bill, CADNA and others have openly stated their intent to seek Anticybersquatting Act changes that dilute domainer rights and vastly increase your legal liability.

* Are exploring proactive initiatives for domainers, including potential legislation to make domain theft a designated crime with serious consequences.