Intellectual Property Law

China's Civil Society. THE Bibliography.
If you are looking for information regarding China's civil society or its nongovernmental (NGO), nonprofit, charitable sectors, I have just the link for you. The link is to "China Development Brief's Bibliography of Sources on Civil Society," an exhaustive bibliography on sources relating to pretty much all aspects of China's Civil Society...

Top 10 Myths About Civil Society Participation in ICANN

ICANN Wednesday
The best part of today, for me, came in the evening when I went to a meeting of the New Delhi chapter of the Internet Society. They had just formed - just three months ago - and they were full of ambition and enthusiasm...

Independence - will US say ICANN can
ICANN, the body responsible for overseeing the domain name system has written to the US Government asking for its independence according to the BBC. The organisation was set up under a Memorandum of Understanding with the US Department of Commerce, with eventual aim being to shift the domain name system from US Government control to global control...

Cheryl B. Preston, Internet Porn, ICANN, and Families: A Call to Action
The abstract: Although the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) technically does not regulate Internet content, its day-to-day decisions consistently influence not only the structure of the Internet, but its content as well...

Is ICANN Liable for Failing to Rescind Registerfly's Accreditation
There is a lot of commentary among registrants and watchers that ICANN is also responsible for the losses being incurred by those victimized by Registerfly. The issue of whether class action litigation can be brought against Registerfly, eNom and/or ICANN...

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Network Solutions and ICANN
allegedly registers searched domain names to prevent others from selling and forces customers to pay expensive fees.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

RC2 Corp to Pay $1.25 Million Civil Penalty
RC2 Corp to Pay $1.25 Million Civil Penalty >

Faulty Homes
Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. pays HUD $75,000 civil penalty for defective construction.

Health Plan Boycott
Connecticut chiropractic groups to pay $87,000 fine in civil suit.

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys