Innovation Toronto » Web 3.0 http://www.innovationtoronto.com Innovation Acceleration ~ Innovation in Action Across Disciplines & Generations Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Internet overhaul wins approval http://www.innovationtoronto.com/2008/06/27/internet-overhaul-wins-approval/ http://www.innovationtoronto.com/2008/06/27/internet-overhaul-wins-approval/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:35:10 +0000 innovation2 http://www.innovationtoronto.com/?p=226 Graphic representation of less than 0.0001% of the WWW, one of the services accessible via the Internet, representing some of the hyperlinks. The use of the Internet as prior art in patent law is surrounded by concerns as to its reliability.

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A complete overhaul of the way in which people navigate the internet has been given the go-ahead in Paris.

The net’s regulator, Icann, voted unanimously to relax the strict rules on so-called “top-level” domain names, such as .com or .uk.

The decision means that companies could turn brands into web addresses, while individuals could use their names.

A second proposal, to introduce domain names written in Asian, Arabic or other scripts, was also approved.

“We are opening up a new world and I think this cannot be underestimated,” said Roberto Gaetano, a member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann).

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