Brussels, 04/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has warned ICANN, the global internet regulator in charge of validating domain names, in no uncertain terms that the granting of the first-level names “.vin” and “.wine” with no protection for geographical indications would be unacceptable.
In a statement published on 2 April, European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos said that ICANN's plans to grant the first-level domain names “.vin” and “.wine” on...