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DNS Organizations

Consumer Protection Organizations

BBB
Better Business Bureau

FTC
Federal Trade Commission

Registrar/Registration Complaints

BBB
Better Business Bureau

FTC
Federal Trade Commission

InterNIC
InterNIC was the first and original Internet Registry

Government Organizations

DOC
Department of Commerce

GOA
Government Accountability Office

NTIA
National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Independent Organizations

IcannWatch
Icann Watch

New
New.net

Master (gTLD) Registries

Verisign Global Registry Services
.com .net TLD's

Public Interest Registry
.org TLD

International Co-operative Alliance
.coop TLD

Policy-Setting DNS Organizations

ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

InterNIC
InterNIC was the first and original Internet Registry

Registrars

Network Solutions
The original Registrar, now a Verisign Company

Register.com
One of the premier Registrars.

Regional (gTLD) Internet Registries

Apnic.net
Asian-Pacific InterNIC

Arin.net
American Regional Internet Registry

InterNIC
InterNIC (Northern Regional Registry)

LACNIC
Latin American and Carribbean Islands InterNIC

Ripe NCC
Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre

Security

Darpa
The U.S. Government's Information Awareness Office of the U.S. Military's DARPA Division

Standards Organizations

GNSO
Generic Name Supporting Organization

W3.org
World Wide Web Consortium

Supporting DNS Organizations

ASO
Address Supporting Organization

GNSO
Generic Names Supporting Organization

IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force

ISOC
Internet Society

PSO
Protocol Supporting Organization

TLD Constituencies

CENTR
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries

AFTLD
African Top Level Domains

APTLD
Asian-Pacific Top Level Domain Forum

LAC.TLD
Latin American & Caribbean Country Code Top Level Domain Organization

APTLD
Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Forum

WWTLD
ccTLD World Wide Alliance of Top Level Domain

Trademark Organizations

USPTO
United States Patent and Trademark Office

WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization

Trademark Protection and Dispute Resolution Organizations

UDRP
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization

CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
Formerly the Center for Public Resources, founded in 1979, whose mission is engaged in the research and education, advocacy, and dispute resolution.

eResolution
Organization to handle domain name disputes.

Domain Name Resolution Decisions
Domain Name Resolution Decisions decided prior to December of 2001 and handled by eResolution panelists.

The Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution
Domain Name Resolution platforms and support.

The National Arbitration Forum
Formed in 1986 The NAF has been facilitating neutral administration of arbitration and mediation and alternate dispute resolution services.