Proper noun
ICANN
Acronym of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
According to ICANN policy, a domain registrant must agree to be bound by the UDRP—they cannot get a domain name without agreeing to this. Source: Internet
Activities Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) One task that ICANN was asked to do was to address the issue of domain name ownership resolution for generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Source: Internet
After this action, VeriSign filed a lawsuit against ICANN on February 27, 2004, claiming that ICANN had exceeded its authority. Source: Internet
As of 2015, usage of RDAP is being considered. citation ICANN publishes the complete list of TLDs, TLD registries, and domain name registrars. Source: Internet
During July 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce reiterated an earlier statement that it has "no plans to transition management of the authoritative root zone file to ICANN". Source: Internet
During the 32nd International Public ICANN Meeting in Paris in 2008, citation ICANN started a new process of TLD naming policy to take a "significant step forward on the introduction of new generic top-level domains." Source: Internet