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- Brexit and .fr
- Analysis of the .RE
- Brands answer the call to the 2nd ‘Cercle des .marque’ event
- About the attack on French ISPs’ DNS resolvers
- Using Afnic open data : example with the term COVID
- Hosting a domain name with compound characters
- Eligibility of a holder located in the United Kingdom post Brexit
- Can compound characters be used in a domain name?
- Functioning of Afnic during lockdown
- Which Top Level Domains have an IP address?
- Lala Andriamampianina, may you rest in peace
- Resolutions for 2020: Afnic goes elliptic
- 6 tips to prevent your website from being hacked
- In search of low-cost nTLDs
- Exploring the city through the .paris community
- .org - an alternative perspective
- Looking back on the success of the first meeting of the Cercle des .marque
- Key success factors for Internet extensions: an evaluation grid
- [Video] Conclusions on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) France 2019
- A brief example of using Afnic Open Data
- Food for thought on the "new TLD" business models
- 30 years of success and danger: the Web, URLs and the future
- [Success stories] Strengthen your infrastructure to suit your ambitions
- February 1, 2019: is the DNS going to shake?
- [Success stories] They chose to have their own TLD
- [Success stories] .museum, how a historic Internet suffix was revived
- The main steps in effectively launching your .brand
- 6 secrets on how to improve the renewal of domain names
- [Video] Back to IGF 2018 in Paris
- A .BRAND to enhance customer experience
- Afnic commits to DNS security at the international level
- Replacement of the KSK of the root zone: Are you ready?
- How the SNCF implemented its new digital strategy with oui.sncf
- Franco-Dutch research project on automatic classification of domain name abuse
- The auditive memorization of domain names
- What are the possible actions against domain name abuses?
- Identity theft by domain name: what Afnic does
- Cybersquatting, Spam, Phishing… the different types of domain name abuses
- [Video] Review of the French Internet Governance Forum 2018
- Custom Internet extensions: the opportunities for brands
- How to avoid inadmissibility in the SYRELI procedure
- Which English terms are most used in .FR domain names?
- Domain name security, the example of cryptocurrencies
- What are the terms most used in .fr domain names?
- Personality test: Are you ready for GDPR?
- Do GeoTLDs like .alsace have an effect on local SEO?
- The 11 vital locations to display your domain name!
- What means of action for a Right-holder ineligible under the Naming Policy?
- Domain name litigation: the recognition of an AOC rights in the SYRELI procedure
- Why choose a domain name under a geoTLD?
- Afnic, a community first and foremost!
- The defense of personality rights in the SYRELI procedure
- When will the next round of the new gTLDs take place?
- A million good reasons for coming to the Afnic Forum...
- Yeti DNS-over-TLS public resolver
- 2016, the beginning of a new cycle for Afnic
- .fr has just passed the 3 million domain names milestone
- My experience inside the Afnic Legal Department
- Future of ICANN Privatization? Internationalization? Supervision?
- Excellence at Afnic - Our coming-out
- Speech at the transmittal of the IANA Stewardship Transition Plan
- Exclusive offer: 100% money back on your domain name*!
- 8 tips for choosing the right domain name
- IPv6 and DNSSEC are respectively 20 and 19 years old. Same fight and challenges?
- L.45-2 paragraph 1 of the CPCE: When a domain name disrupts the French law
- How to avoid getting your domain name stolen by email?
- Accountability and IANA transition: behind the scenes
- Stop selling domain names!
- abc.xyz : erratum.xyz
- A comprehensive approach to French regional branding
- abc.xyz : Meanwhile, back in France…
- abc.xyz: Why not alphabet.com? (The conspiracy theory version)
- abc.xyz : The controversial success of .xyz
- Corporate Communications, Constant Crisis
- abc.xyz : Why not alphabet.com ?
- alphabet.xyz : How Alphabet got its domain name
- abc.xyz : Don't worry, we're still getting used to the name too!
- IANA transition crosses a major milestone in Buenos Aires
- A day in the life of the Icann empowered community
- IANA transition : the machine is moving, but the deadline is approaching
- Corporate Social Responsibility and the DNA of ccTLDs
- China Changing in Leaps and Bounds
- Towards a less intrusive DNS
- ICANN: what does accountability stand for?
- ICANN Singapore. A debate at the other end of the world
- ICANN Reform, or opening Pandora's box
- Internet Governance Forum: What is to be done?
- Slam spam!
- Icann : freeze !
- Scams and identity theft, the experience of a SYRELI reporter
- French Regional Reform Does Not Mean the End of GeoTLDs
- Lessons Learnt from NETmundial
- Suggestions for a successful IANA transition
- Wind of change at Afnic!
- Back to the future of the Afnic Legal Service
- The US Backs ICANN for Internet Governance
- Should the registrars streamline their gTLD strategy?
- The IANA elephant in the room
- 2014 : change of course for the naming system
- Why do regions want a place online?
- What can Afnic do?
- Internet governance: let’s get to work!
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Back to the future of the Afnic Legal Service
No, I'm not Professor Emmet Brown – or Doc to his friends – and I do not have a beautiful DeLorean...
But I’d still like to invite you to go back in time, and take a look with me at 365 days of work at the Registry Legal and Policy Department (DJPR), which I direct.
Ready?
- Private and public law contracts, legal analysis of all kinds:
- 29 cases of legal advice and analysis, mainly focusing on legal support for new Afnic products and services
- 67 contract analyses and drafts,
- 7 drafts of tender documents for companies to apply for public contracts (yes, compliant with the 2005 Ordinance since February 2013)
- Monitoring the activities of some 500 accredited registrars
- 22 checks (processing + follow-up of settlements): breaches of registration contracts, non-compliance with accreditation criteria, misuse of logo, defaults on payment etc.,
- 8 audited accreditations: a start…,
- 70 updates / month of the legal information on accredited registrars
- 8 insolvency procedures,
- Some 50 reporting forms for illegal domain names or that are contrary to public law and order: only 10 of them have been transferred to the relevant authorities for processing,
- 143 eligibility verification procedures for holders initiated after highly confidential investigations... which can lead to the deletion of the portfolio of an ineligible holder
- 338 requests for waiver of anonymity, processed on average in 1.7 days and accepted in 82% of the cases if the items in the case meet the required criteria,
- 216 support interventions by our operational teams to handle legally sensitive issues
- And one SYRELI overview,
- 213 cases processed,
- 630 letters sent, 38 college meetings organized, 195 decisions handed down,
- And one single appeal,
It is worth mentioning that since November 2013, SYRELI decisions have been available on Lamyline...
- Preparatory work on the deployment of a new extra-judicial procedure with the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (public consultation, regulation, platform and soon the selection of experts)
- Development work on new SYRELI features, including the partial reimbursement of applicants who have obtained a favorable ruling (for deployment in the near future)
- "Minor" litigation / dispute business: in handing down its decision on June 10, 2013, the State Council ended five years of proceedings after a decision concerning the unconstitutionality of Article L45 of the French Electronic Communications and Telecommunications Act (CPCE), which resulted in a new law.
By the way, this decision still made Afnic "a private organization with a public service remit." Thanks to that decision, or perhaps because of it, we have ventured in the field of administrative law and discovered the delights of the obligations which will be ours from now on (as some of you will appreciate),
- Monitoring of Afnic’s intangible assets: 180 domain names and 41 registered trademarks,
- And at random: legal oversight, changes in documentation, updates to the website, etc.
In parallel, since its inception in 2007, whenever necessary, the DJPR has been in charge of updating the Registry Policies, including the organization of consultations with the community, hosting registry policy committee meetings, writing the texts and checking they are applied.
Note that in 2013, preparatory work was carried out to implement new naming opportunities for the .fr TLD that will be released by the end of 2014.
The team has also worked on writing guides and booklets to facilitate the resolution of disputes. We are already planning to expand our range of legal products in this respect.
Finally, we like to share with our eco-system and willingly make tracks: with no less than 10 interventions in 2013 (presentations, hearings, participation in working groups) including 3 at the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (Centr) as well as at the following:
- The French Fashion Institute (IFM), with a conference on counterfeiting and cyber-counterfeiting
- The French Pharmaceutical Companies Association (LEEM), with an presentation for the anti-counterfeiting committee
- Agency of the Immaterial Heritage of the State (APIE): "Booking and managing domain names"
- Interdepartmental working group on cybercrime: "Afnic and advocacy"
- Cyber-customs: "Afnic practices on domain name disputes"
I’ll stop this disconnected list here... perhaps you feel disoriented ... but when you ask us for help, don’t forget that the DJPR is run by 4 people (4 women :-)) to serve one and all.
And for 2014, what projects does the DJPR have in store?
Well without betraying any state secrets, it will be continuity in the midst of change.
Stay tuned for our next installment…
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