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PARIS, June 19 – On the opening day of the Domainer Meeting, the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) announced that, in cooperation with EuroDNS, it will establish a sister organization in Europe. Internet Commerce Association-Europe (ICA-EU) will be headquartered in Luxembourg to better represent its members with the EU Parliament and agencies located in Brussels, the European Court located in Luxembourg, …

InternetCommerce.org (202) 657-4570 This guide is intended as a helpful overview of the activities scheduled during the ICANN meeting in Paris for members of Internet Commerce Association (ICA) as well as for other domain name registrants attending the meeting. We hope it will prove useful, especially for those who have not previously attended an ICANN meeting. The first part of …

Business association for domain name registrants and investors broadens representation; future board seats to be filled by direct elections WASHINGTON, DC (April 28, 2008) – The Internet Commerce Association (ICA), the business association for domain name registrants and investors, said today Philip Reynolds has been elected to the organizations Board of Directors. Reynolds is general manager of Thought Convergence, where …

Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has been working diligently to stop the Snowe bill, S. 2661 since the day it was introduced. Even though it has an anti-phishing name, it is clearly a trademark bill. Philip Corwin, Counsel to ICA, has met with Senators’ staff and spoken with Capitol Hill reporters and other companies and associations who have a lobbying presence …

It is very important that every U.S.-resident ICA member as well as other domainers write to their U.S. Senators and advise them of the serious concerns raised by Sen. Snowe’s “anti-phishing” bill. Because it has been labeled consumer-friendly legislation aimed at stopping a serious consumer scam, your Senators may be inclined to support it unless they learn that it is …

The bill is titled and promoted as a solution for phishing. ICA strongly supports legislation to stop phishing. However, this bill causes great concern about overreaching trademark protection at the expense of innocent domain owners. Philip Corwin, Counsel to Internet Commerce Association, is reviewing the bill to try to separate the good from the bad and there is plenty of …

The following is Internet Commerce Association’s comments to NTIA for ICANN’s Midterm review. February 15, 2008 Suzanne R. Sene Office of International Affairs National Telecommunications and Information Association 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 4701 Washington, DC 20230 Re: Docket No. 071023616-7617-01; Notice of Inquiry regarding Midterm Review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the Department of Commerce and ICANN …

Over the last year, Internet Commerce Association has been actively campaigning for ICANN to stop domain tasting. Now word is out that an unlikely player may stop the practice that has led to tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of abusive domain registrations. Is Google planning to take action to bring an end to the abuse of the add/delete grace period …

The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) was established in September 2006 following the .com settlement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and VeriSign. After reviewing that back room-negotiated no-bid perpetual contract, domain name (DN) monetization industry leaders concluded that permanent representation within ICANN, in Washington, and in other critical decision-making arenas was needed to protect its collective …

Below you will find a November 2nd   Federal Register Notice of Inquiry posted by the Department of Commerce (DOC). They are conducting an inquiry in regard to ICANN’s compliance with and performance under the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) signed in September 2006, which extended the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the DOC and ICANN. The JPA called for a …