The nonprofit organization overseeing the Internet’s address system is bracing for a wave of lawsuits from a program to add hundreds of top-level domains such as .apple and .nyc.
Icann, manager of the Web’s address system under a US Commerce Department contract, started accepting applications for new top-level domains last week.
The group may approve hundreds of new Web address extensions to the right of the “dot,” including company and brand names, cities and almost any word in any language.
General Electric Co., Coca-Cola Co. and more than 50 other US companies oppose the program, saying it will increase their costs, confuse customers, and fuel Internet fraud. Full story
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