Internet naming corporation still plans to begin taking hundreds of applications for new ‘generic’ web addresses in January. In just a few months of intense lobbying, a coalition of trade groups and global advertisers has accomplished at least one of its goals: ratcheting up the pressure on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. They oppose the nonprofit organization’s plan to allow an unlimited number of new Internet domain names—names that coalition members fear will damage their brands. Lawmakers in both the Senate and the House scheduled December hearings on short notice. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz weighed in, saying the names… Read More